LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
RNLI Family: The life of the charity
Celebrating the RNLI family, past and present
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Shirley recognised at Trearddur Bay
Shirley Rogerson, awarded the British Empire Medal in HM The...
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MARCH 8TH. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE.
At 2.30 in the afternoon the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take to Oban a young girl who was ill with appendicitis and in a critical condition. The motor...
Mrs Joyce Giddins Aged 62 of Eastbourne Standing By the Lifeboat Bearing the Name of a Surgeon Who Saved Her Life 40 Years Ago When She Was Seriously Ill She S U B S
Mrs. Joyce Giddins, aged 62, of Eastbourne, standing by the lifeboat bearing the name of a surgeon who saved her life 40 years ago when she was seriously ill. She s u b s e q u e n t l y raised £11,000 from jumble sales and competitions... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: Poster By Michael Downs Aged 14 of Carleton Skipton Yorks (11 Years and Over)
Above: Poster by Michael Downs, aged 14, of Carleton, Skipton, Yorks. - View image in PDF
(11 years and over); right: Poster by Stephen Coles, aged 9, of Billericay, Essex (8 to 10 years).. - View image in PDF
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Boat fire off beachy head
18 December: Both Eastbourne lifeboats were launched when distress flares were spotted 2 miles south of Beachy Head. A pilot boat that was first on the scene took a lone angler off the ablaze 8.3m motor cruiser...
Category: Articles
Radar Was First Installed In a Lifeboat 1963 the Boat Being Stationed at Yarmouth In the Isle of Wight. the Cost of the Set Was Largely Paid for By a Fund Started By Admir
'Radar was first installed in a lifeboat in 1963, the boat being stationed at Yarmouth in the Isle of Wight. The cost of the set was largely paid for by a fund started by admirers of Joseph Conrad as a memorial to the great writer'... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Torbay: on September 22 1983
Torbay: On September 22, 1983, a young man fell 60ft into the sea when rocks crumbled beneath his feet on cliffs at Babbacombe. Two friends pulled the injured man from the sea, raised the alarm and then returned with blankets. Torbay's... - View image in PDF
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John Gilbert JP
John Gilbert JP Chairman of Luton branch, on 21 April. John was due to collect his Bar to Gold Badge at the Annual Presentation of Awards on 16 May.
Category: Obituaries
Martyn Joyce the Young Son of Loughborough and the District Branch's Publicity Officer David Joyce Raised £28 In Five Weeks Selling Rnli Souvenirs at His School Rot
Martyn Joyce, the young son of Loughborough and the District branch's publicity officer, David Joyce, raised £28 in five weeks selling RNLI souvenirs at his school, Rothley Primary School. Martyn presented the money to Loughborough... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John HarrisonChairman of the Shoreham Appeal Committee Holds the Cheque for £7000 Presented to the Appeal By the 3Rd Battalion the Queens Regiment at A
John Harrison,chairman of the Shoreham appeal committee, holds the cheque for £7,000 presented to the appeal by the 3rd Battalion The Queens Regiment at a ceremony held at the station's boathouse. (Photo Beckett... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs