23 May 1999 - Sharon Parke anoints the new Hunstanton Atlantic 75 with Champagne as she names the €71,000 lifeboat, DJS Haverhill, in memory of her late uncle, David James Sisson.. - View image in PDF
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DECEMBER 1997 Mrs Ann Morrow, Coventry ladies lifeboat guild treasurer from 1985 until 1992. She joined the guild in 1981 and continued to serve the committee until shortly before her death,.
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APRIL 1993 George Ellis, coxswain of Clacton lifeboat from 1953 to 1968. Mr Ellis joined the crew in 1934 and also served as second coxswain from 1945 to 1953..
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Captain Hans Hansson was formerly Director and then Chairman of the Swedish Lifeboat Service.
He was made an Honorary Life Governor of the RNLI in 1972..
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Helmsman Ian McDowell - Bronze Medal St Bees lifeboat, 31 July 1993 Ian McDowell was in charge of St Bees' C class «g» inshore lifeboat when she saved the crew of two from a grounded fishing vessel.
The... - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Barry Bennett - Bronze Medal St Mary's lifeboat, 12 September 1993 Barry Bennett took St Mary's Arun class lifeboat Robert Edgar into a small, shallow and rockstrewn cove to rescue two yachts anchored there and caught out by... - View image in PDF
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Tyne class in five-hour search The Mumbles lifeboat crew, below, discuss operations with police divers during a service on 24 November 1991 to local charter fishing boat Luke John.
The casualty sunk at anchor within two...
Left: 'Watchdog' co-presenter Lynn Faulds Wood with Mrs Edna Mulhearn, a keen bingo player who coined the name Bingo Lifeline, at the naming of the new lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
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Cromer lifeboat got a helping hand frpm the skies on 7 September as one of the final pieces of the new station was airlifted in by RAF Chinook helicopter.. - View image in PDF
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In September, British Steel Community Awards presented a cheque for £12,000 to Redcar lifeboat station, where two of the crew members are British Steel employees.. - View image in PDF
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