LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, LONDON, TUESDAY MAY 12 1980: 1,215 people rescued; nearly £12 million raisedTUESDAY MAY 12 was the day of the RNLI's 1981 annual general meeting of the governors and annual presentation of awards and, as usual...

The work of the Institution mainly consists of:— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways, wherever required on the coasts of the United Kingdom.

2. Payments...

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Beach, Mrs. Sarah, James Street, W. 1000 - - Courtney, Mrs. Caroline, Exmouth . 1000 - - Hopwood, Samuel Weymouth, Esq., Queen...

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, Tor the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.

Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Subscriptions.

PATRONESS.

HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN...

AT the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at the Royal United Service Institution, "Whitehall, on Thursday, the 5th day of March, 1903, His Grace the DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, K.G., in the Chair, the...

Mr Rumbold serves up the winners Nicholas Smith, alias Mr Rumbold in the BBC television comedy programme 'Are You Being Served?', picked the winning tickets in the RNLI's 77th lottery on 30 April 1997.

Nicholas...

FLIGHT SERGEANT B. BREACH, of No. 228 Squadron R.A.F., has been awarded the Alan Marsh medal for the rescue of the crew of five of the North Carr lightvessel in December 1959. It was after putting out in an attempt to render help to the...

SUFFOLK.—At 2.45 P.M.

on the 2nd May, 1901, the Cross Sand Lightship fired signals, which were repeated by the St. Nicholas Lightship, and in response the Life-boat Marie Lane was launched and was towed by the steam-tug...