ON March llth, through the kindness of the British Broadcasting Corporation, Major-General the Right Hon. Lord Mottistone, P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
(Major-General Seely), coxswain of the Brooke, Isle of Wight,...
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Tribute to the brave The day of the annual presentation of awards at the Royal Festival Hall ends with an after-theatre supper at the Rubens Hotel for all the medallists and their families. Mrs Anne Wall has very generously made this...
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THE ninety-first Annual General Meeting of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION was held in the Council Chamber at the Caxton Hall, Westminster, on Wednesday, April 21st, 1915, at 3.30 p.m. The Right Hon.
Walter...
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Fall from cliff INFORMATION that a man had fallen over the cliff near the Western Carricks was given to St Ives station honorary secretary by Land's End Coastguard at 1351 on Wednesday August 26, 1981, and he was asked to launch the D...
Take a voyage into the briny blue from the comfort of your armchair, whether you’re yearning for adventure or looking to brush up on your nautical knowledge
Lighthouses: Beacons of the Sea
by David Ross
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To TRANSFERS TO INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT (see p. 35) £. . d. £.. ,. d.
Blake Life-boat Maintenance Fond.........40 10 - Dnnnett Widows and Orphans Fond.........115 - 1 Reardon Samaritan...
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THURSDAY, 11th January, 1912.
Sir JOHN CAMERON LAMB, C.B., C.M.G., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
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ON APRIL 10, 1983, Salcombe's 47ft Watson lifeboat The Baltic Exchange, searching for missing divers at the southern end of Start Bay, was hit by mountainous seas in a force 11 storm.
The first of two tremendous seas, a...
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With huge numbers of visitors expected in the south west for the solar eclipse on 11 August the RNLI and the other emergency services had their contingency plans in place… Mike Floyd watched events unfold at the Coastguard MRCC at Falmouth...
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