Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 10.45 on the night of the 25th of August, 1956, the Lloyds agent at Great Yarmouth telephoned that the S.S. Bravo had an urgent maternity case on board and asked if the life-boat would put out to...
ALL-NIGHT SEARCH FOR DRIFTING CANOE Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 7.50 on the evening of the 2nd June, 1963, the Fleetwood coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man and an eleven-year-old girl in a canoe had drifted out of sight off...
South East Division Film men rescued BRONZE MEDAL FILMING OF A STUNT for the latest James Bond film at Beachy Head, East Sussex, on Tuesday, December 9, 1986, took a dramatic turn when a 17ft outboard-powered Dory, recovering equipment from...
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Newbiggin, Northumberland. — At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had stranded about two hundred vards north of Church Point.
At 3.9 the life-boat Richard Ashley...
Skegness, Lincolnshire. —• llth June.
An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £6 11s. 6d..
JULY 15TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £4 0s. 6d..
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashedinto the sea, but only wreckage was found.- Rewards, £4 10s. 6d..
JANUARY 26TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £22 17s..
AUGUST 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £19 12s. 6d..
Flag days . . . George Price, DOS (East), at Harwich with coxswain and crew, the chairman and honorary secretary of the branch and a group of girl flag sellers who work at a local clothing factory belonging to the branch president, T. M. F.... - View image in PDF
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