LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (62)
AUGUST 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 3.30 P.M., during an air raid, an aeroplane was seen from the boathouse to crash into the sea some three miles N. by W. of the station. The sea was smooth, with a N.W.
wind. The motor...
Geoff Mears Second Coxswain of Exmouth Lifeboat and Bill Parkhouse Area Manager of Watney's Push Over a Column of Two Pence Pieces at the Exeter Inn Topsha
Geoff Mears, second coxswain of Exmouth lifeboat, and Bill Parkhouse, area manager of Watney's, push over a column of two pence pieces at the Exeter Inn, Topsham.
Worth £515.96l/2 (£463.56 around the column in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
July
Launches 40 Lives rescued 24
JULY 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 12.35 in the morning the coastguard reported a vessel aground on South Scroby Sands, and a few minutes later another message came that a...
Category: Services
Award for Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1958 has been won by Motor Mechanic Michael Peters of St. Ives for the rescue of a party who were marooned in a cave on the 9th of August, 1958. A...
Category: Awards
The Chairman of the RNLI Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., Pictured With Officials In February at the Tomb of Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hillary, Bt.
The Chairman of the RNLI, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., pictured with officials in February at the tomb of Lieutenant Colonel Sir William Hillary, Bt., founder of the Institution, at Douglas, Isle of Man. Sir William, who was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (83)
AUGUST 11TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET.
During an air battle an aeroplane had come down in flames, and the pilot was seen to drop into the sea by parachute, but he could not be found. - Rewards, £4 19s. 6d..
Commodore The Right Hon. The Earl Howe, P.C., C.B.E., V.R.D., R.N.V.R.
Earl Howe, who died on 26th July, 1964, at the age of 80, was actively associated with the Royal National Life-boat Institution for 45 years. He first joined the Committee of Management in 1919 and was elected a Vice-President in...
Category: Obituaries
An Aeroplane (67)
AUGUST 25TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 1.32 A.M. the coastguard reported an aeroplane down in the sea. The weather was calm. The motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Philpott was launched at 2 A.M. When she was off Ecclesbourne...
Bernard Byrne Comes of a Traditional Lifeboat Family and Like His Uncle Philip In Former Years Is Coxswain of Arranmore Lifeboat
Bernard Byrne comes of a traditional lifeboat family and, like his uncle, Philip, in former years, is coxswain of Arranmore lifeboat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (28)
JULY 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
During the evening of the 20th the life-boat crew were assembled as an aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but the call was cancelled. Later flashes were reported and the...