LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Memorial garden update
There's never been a better time to visit the UK’s National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.
The RNLI section of the arboretum has just been redesigned, courtesy of expert garden designer Chris Beardshaw,...
Category: Articles
Mr. H. M. Smardon, M.B.E., of Torbay
MR. HENRY MADICK SMARDON, of Torbay, who died at Brixham on the 28th of October of last year, was a noted figure in the town, where he was affectionately known as H.M.S. Brixham. He was a retired school- master and a man of many...
Category: Obituaries
A Vessel
Shortly after 5 A.M. j on the 1st November signals of distress were observed from the Gull Light- vessel, and the Life-boat Charles D.ibdin was launched. A heavy sea was running at the time. When the boat reached the Light-vessel they...
Lifeboat Services
Eastern Division Radio ship aground WHILE HER CREW were still on board after returning from a rough weather exercise on Wednesday March 19, Sheerness lifeboat received a VHP call at 1753 from Thames Coastguard telling them that the radio...
Category: Services
Lofty Lifesavers
Lofty lifesavers Sometimes, lifeboats need a little help from above. The Lifeboat meets the air crew who play their part in sea rescues – and who are lifesavers in their own right It’s a chilly Sunday morning on the windy, exposed airfield...
Category: Articles
Letters
Re-count . . .
In a branch house-to-house collection two boxes may, rarely, be found to contain the same amount when opened, but how about this ? Two collectors worked on the opposite side of each road in their area,...
Category: Correspondence
Air Marshall Sir Brian E. Baker, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC
October 1979 Air Marshall Sir Brian E. Baker, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC, who W3S awarded the silver badge in 1965 and honorary life governorship in 1971. Sir Brian became honorary secretary of St Andrews branch in 1952 and had been a strong...
Category: Obituaries
Healthspan
ODUCTS TO CHOOSE FROM Healthspan nutrition for a healthy lifespan Improving the quality of your nutrition is the most important thing you can do to improve your health There are over 80 products in the Healthspan 'advanced...
Category: Advertisement
Coxswain and Crew at Aberdeen
Awarded a silver medal, a second-service clasp to the silver medal, four bronze medals and nine vellums in one year. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Irish School's Gift of £50
The Headmistress of the Collegiate School, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, held a Christmas Day collection in the school for the Life-boats, and, as a result, no less a sum than £50 was subscribed.
This is one of the most...
Category: Donations