The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded a annuity, gratuity or...
Category: Awards
0 A year ago I said: 'Now we stand on the threshold of the 70's, which promise to be years of new development and greater challenges.' The first challenge was not long in coming, for on 21st January, 1970, the Fraserburgh...
Category: Articles
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) Founded 4th March, 1824,—Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRON.
HIS MOST GRACIOUS Majesty...
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Covenant is an old-fashioned word which in modern English is the equivalent of 'undertake' or 'promise'. If an individual or a company undertakes to pay a charity a certain sum each year for a minimum of seven years, then the...
Category: Donations
Tuesday, 22nd August, 1933.
Paid £20,466 10s. lid. for the total charges of the Institution during the month, including rewards for services, payments for the con- struction of life-boats, life-boathouses and slipways,...
Category: Committee
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Jeffrey Wright who, after serving for 10 years as bowman of the Fleetwood life-boat, was its coxswain from the autumn of 1933 until the end of 1947.
He won the silver medal for...
Category: Articles
CLINGING TO DINGHY Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 7.43 p.m.
on ifth April, 1964, a sailing dinghy which was being kept under observation by the coxswain and mechanic was seen to capsize at the northern side of Ballycotton Bay....
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 10.26 on the morning of the 5th of May, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground one mile south of Red Sand Fort and was pounding heavily. At 10.55 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No....
Buried Treasure! Ron Warner, treasurer of Sennen Cove guild, is always looking for ways to raise RNLI funds - his latest venture, a treasure hunt, raised over £650. Using a large map of Derbyshire, Ron sectioned it off into cross... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coventry businessman Harold Smart's beard has been a double fund raiser for the Institution.
First of all he grew it, under the sponsorship of members of Coventry Rotary Club, during a three-week voyage from Lymington... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs