LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Medals for Gallantry In 1946
FOUR medals for gallantry were awarded by the Institution in 1946, two silver and two bronze. The silver medals were won by Coxswain John Murt, of Padstow, and Robert Harland, a member of the Whitby crew, and the bronze medals by Coxswain...
Category: Medals
Travelscope
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Category: Advertisement
On the Night of 14Th October Last Year the Buckle, Banffshire, Life-Boat Laura Moncur and a Shackleton Mark 3 of No. 120 Squadron, R.A.F. Kinloss, Took Part In a Search and Rescue Exercise. T
On the night of 14th October last year the Buckle, Banffshire, life-boat Laura Moncur and a Shackleton Mark 3 of No.
120 Squadron, R.A.F. Kinloss, took part in a search and rescue exercise. The life-boat carried a second... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Six-Year-Old Storm Force Member Stuart Tarvit of St.Monans Fife
A Six-year-old Storm Force member Stuart Tarvit, of St Monans, Fife, must be one of the voungest readers of THE LIFEBOAT. A very keen supporter of the RNLI (lifeboat posters adorn his bedroom walls), for his sixth birthday, instead of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Little Dogged Determination...
The guests of honour at the annual RNLI coffee morning in Mayfield, East Sussex on 2 December 1995 were Keith Stevens, son of the stationmaster at Mayfield (in the days when they had a railway!) and now a member of the crew of the Selsey... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sponsored Silence Organised By Skegness Ladies' Guild Was Undertaken By 72 Local Children and Raised £534 the First Three Prize Winners Michelle Hilton Emma
A sponsored silence, organised by Skegness ladies' guild, was undertaken by 72 local children and raised £534. The first three prize winners, Michelle Hilton, Emma Ruston and Wendy Balderson, between them raised £68. They were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
In Gratitude for Life-Boat Services
ON the 8th May, 1930, the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Motor Life-boat saved the sailing yacht Billikat, and rescued her two occupants. Mr. H. L. Loring, the owner, has become a subscriber of £2 2s. to the Institution.
Category: Donations
Special Gifts
From a Cripple's Home.
THE Tiny Tims Cripples Home at Eastbourne Las sent to the Eastbourne Branch a gift of 11s. 9d., made up of the children's own farthings. This is the second time that the Tiny Tims have given...
Category: Donations
H.M.S. Cheerful
Cromer, Norfolk.—Oil the 30th of May, 1953,H.M.S. Cheerful, which was paying an official visit to Cromer, had several guests on board, including the Chairman of the Cromer Urban Dis- trict Council and the life-boat honorary secretary. The...
Donna and Pandora
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 4.46 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1957, it was learnt that the yacht Donna had capsized in the bay off Monks- house. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was launched at 4.55 in a moderate sea. There was a...