THE Life-boatmen who had been awarded the Gold and Silver Medals of the Institution in recognition of gallant services during 1914 were present at the Annual Meeting on the 21st April, and were introduced to the Chairman. In the case of...
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire - At 10.36 a.m. on 22nd February, 1967, a message was received from the R.N.A.S.
Brawdy that one of their aircraft had gone into the sea in St. Bride's Bay. The life-boat Joseph Soar...
November, 1901. B. AND BE.
The 35th Annual Meeting of the Committee of the Fund was held on the 17th ultimo, and was presided over by Sir RALPH H. KNOX, K.C.B. Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that,...
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Length. Breadth. No. of Oars. When Stationed or Named. No, ENOLAMT). Ft In. Ft. In. NORTHUMBERLAND BERWICK-ON-TWEED - - - 37 - 8 - 12 1888 1 HOLY ISLAND — No. 1 _ - — 34 - 8 3 ...
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Henry Cooper, hero of sporting Britain, announced his retirement from boxing after losing his European, British and Commonwealth titles at the Empire Pool, Wembley, on 16th March, 1971, to Joe Bugner. But Henry Cooper still had time for the... - View image in PDF
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Hawker Siddeley Nimrod—the world's first pure jet maritime reconnaissance aircraft—of No. 120 Squadron, R.A.F. Kinloss, Morayshire (left), the well-tried Avro Shackleton used for search and rescue (right), R.A.F. rescue/target towing... - View image in PDF
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APRIL. 23RD. - CLACTON - ON-SEA, AND WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Clacton-on-Sea, £25 3s. ; Walton and Frinton,.
This painting of Lowestoft lifeboat has been of triple benefit to the local guild and station; first it was presented to Mrs Irene Craig (I.), chairman of the ladies' guild by its artist Jason Partner (r.) at the annual ball with retired... - View image in PDF
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A total of 400 RNLI lottery tickets sold by one person is a record set by Stuart Maggs of Hythe branch. Well done Mr Maggs—but are there any challengers? How about individual flag day collectors? Roger Cope, a member of Birmingham branch...
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Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 15th of July. 1955.
the Civic Guard at Dalkey reported that a private aircraft with a crew of two had crashed in Killiney Bay. At 3.48 the life-boat Dunleary II put...