Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 4.25 A.M. on the 8th February, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel had gone ashore about a mile north of Benacre look-out.
A S. by E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, the night was...
Captain Barry Anderson CBE JP DL RN, former honorary secretary of Torbay lifeboat station from 1975 to 1983 and chairman from 1985 to 1990. He was awarded a Silver badge in 1989..
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Mrs Violet Anderson, founder member of Fishponds branch in 1957 and committee member since 1969. She was awarded a joint statuette with her husband in 1980 and a Silver badge in 1987..
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Helmsman Keith Willacy has been a member of Morecambe D class inflatable lifeboat crew since 1967; he was awarded the bronze medal in 1973 and the silver medal in 1982.. - View image in PDF
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(Above) Crew members celebrate in traditional style after the naming ceremony of the Trent class Esme Anderson.. - View image in PDF
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(Below) Dr Margaret Shimmin, honorary medical adviser, with (I.) Coxswain Kenneth Henry and (r.) Second Coxswain William Anderson. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Aberdeen Journals. - View image in PDF
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Keith Johnson, Cromer town council chairman, pours champagne over the newly-named lifeboat during the service at Tynemouth.. - View image in PDF
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Coxswain Len Patten and his crew give three cheers for Mrs Anderson.. - View image in PDF
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Top: The indomitable Keith (centre) and his rescuers are safe at last. - View image in PDF
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Humber lifeboat crew in 1956 when the late Captain William S. Anderson (fourth from rig/it) was the superintendent coxswain.
Standing directly by the bow is Mr Robertson Buchan, his son-in-law, who recently retired as... - View image in PDF
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