LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

To show their appreciation for Guide Friendship III the lifeboat crew gave a party just after Christmas for 24 Hartlepool Girl Guides. (1. to r., back row) Mike Anderson, Robbie Maiden, Tug Wilson, Mick Elwine, Barry Young, Les Pounder... - View image in PDF

Again, on the morning of the 10th May the cutter Harkaway, of Yarmouth, was lost on the Barber Sands. As it was only blowing a fresh breeze, two ordinary beachmen's boats essayed the task of re- moving the crew, but finding, on nearing...

Sheringham lifeboat guild held their second very successful line dance at the Regal Assembly rooms in Sheringham on 4 April. For the people who don't know what a line dance is we are told by the branch press officer that it is a cross... - View image in PDF

RescUe Here is just a handful of incidents from around the uK and Roi to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. see pages 20–27 for rescues marked and page 13 for a roundup of lifeguard activity....

By the death of Mr. J. M. Mawson, J.P., of Barrow-in-Furness, on 20th November, at the age of seventy-five, the Institution has lost one of the oldest of its honorary secretaries of life-boat stations. He was appointed honorary secretary in...

The annual meeting was held in London on October 18th, and the seven life-boatmen who have won medals for gallantry since the end of the war were present. Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, presided and read a message from...

Each year's Annual Presentation of Awards provides an opportunity for an informal discussion on some of the medal services, the lifeboats involved and other aspects of lifeboat work. The day after the presentation of the medals in London...

Coxswain William Miller, of Eye- mouth, Berwickshire, who died on 13th February, at the age of sixty-eight, served as coxswain for twenty-six years. He was appointed coxswain in 1901, and retired in 1927, when he was awarded a certificate of...