LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coxswain Henry W. Pearson, of Walmer
Coxswain Henry W. Pearson, an alderman of Deal, who died on 17th November, 1937, at the age of seventy- one, was second coxswain of the Walmer life-boat from 1909 to 1912, when the station was closed, and became the coxswain when the station...
Category: Obituaries
Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E.
IN the Queen's first Birthday Honours Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., the chairman of the Committee of Management, was appointed a Knight of the Order of the British Empire, in recognition of his public services as "Chairman of the Isle...
Category: Awards
William, of Morecambe
On the 9th February, the schooner William, of Morecambe, was driven ashore in a terrific gale, near Arklow. The life-boat at that place was launched, and with great diffi- culty, owing to the force of the wind, suc- ceeded in rescuing the...
Lady Westmoreland, of Newcastle
On the 1st February the barque Lady West- moreland,of Newcastle, owing to the darkness and thick weather, grounded in a high sea on a dangerous shoal near the Church Bock, inside the Nab Light. As the tide rose she bumped heavily and started...
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St. Mary's, Ides of Scilly.—On the night of the 24th February two doctors, who are members of the local committee, told the honorary secretary that they had examined a serious appendicitis case, and had decided that the man must be got...
At Tenby Branch's Agm the Crew Presented a Cheque for £1000 Towards the Cost of An Ilb Boathouse the Money Was Raised With Football Matches a Dance and a Spons
At Tenby branch's AGM the crew presented a cheque for £1,000 towards the cost of an ILB boathouse. The money was raised with football matches, a dance and a sponsored tow of the ILB on her launching trolley to Pembroke Dock and back... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 23rd February, 1923.
The Right Hon. The EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., in the Chair.
Reported the receipt of the following special contribution :—
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Category: Committee
Burton-On-Trent Branch's Annual Bonfire and Firework Party In September Was a Roaring Success for the Grand Draw There Were 30 Prizes the Main Ones Being 75 50 and 25 Gallons of Petrol By
Burton-on-Trent branch's annual bonfire and firework party in September was roaring success. For the grand draw there were 30 prizes, the main ones being 75, 50 and 25 gallons of petrol. By buying a ticket you also gained admission the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ino, of West Hartlepool
On the 10th December, during a heavy gale from S.S.W., the brigantine Ino, of West Hartlepool, was observed making for the shore in an apparently sinking state.
It subsequently appeared that she had been in collision with...
Mrs Majorie Hearmon
Mrs Majorie Hearmon, donor of the Mumbles D class lifeboat..
Category: Obituaries