FOR the third year, in the seven years since the war ended, the Life-boat Service set up a new record. In 1952 its boats went out to the rescue 657 times. That is more than ever before in time of peace, and though the figure is considerably...
Category: Articles
Coxswain Richard Evans, of the Moelfre life-boat (left), Lt.-Cmdr. Harold Harvey, V.R.D., R.N.R., the Institution's inspector of life-boats for the north west, and Coxswain Thomas Alcock, of the Holyhead life-boat, who between them were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
First Cuffley Scout troop raised money by building a paper 'mountain1—15 tons of waste paper and card. - View image in PDF
Photograph by courtesy of Hertfordshire Mercury.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
To HAROLD J. BRADFORD, on his retirement, after serving for 6j years as coxswain, ~l years as second coxswain and 4| years as bowman of the Exmouth life-boat, a coxswain's certificate of service and an ex-gratia grant.
Category: Awards
THE NEWS of the passing of Her Royal Highness Princess Marina, President of the Institution for over 25 years, was received with very real sorrow by all connected with the work of life-saving at sea.
Capt. the Hon. V. M....
Category: Articles
Launches 50 Lives rescued 23
DECEMBER 5TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 3.43 in the morning the coastguard reported a wireless message from the S.S. Elizabeth Lysaght, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, that she was...
Category: Services
PALLING, NORFOLK.—About 1 A.M.
on the 9th March the schooner Vixen of Fowey was wrecked on the beach about two and a half miles to the north of Palling. She was laden with burnt ore and was bound from London to the Tyne....
Category: Services
DUEING the gale on the East Coast on the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th of November there were six launches at Cromer and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston. The crew of the Cromer station were out on service continuously for forty-five hours, while...
Category: Services
ON 24th November the ketch Ceres, of Bude, Cornwall, left Swansea for Bude with a cargo of eighty tons of slag.
Her crew was a skipper and a mate.
They intended to go over Bideford Bar for the night, but...
Category: Articles
THE following coxswains and members of lifeboat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition entitled to them, by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...
Category: Awards