Acting Coxswain James Dougal from Eyemouth and two of the divers involved in his medal-winning service were re-united at the Annual Meetings. James Dougal is pictured (centre) with Elizabeth Mayer and Steven Pert/grew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Left) Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse, a 52ft Barnett lifeboat stationed at Plymouth from 1952 to 1974. For her service to Merc Enterprise an January 16, 1974, Coxswain John Dare was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Artist Tony Hart of BBC TV's 'Vision On' programme spent almost two hours making lightning sketches at a coffee morning organised by Guildford branch in the city's Guildhall last September. The sketches were sold for £1... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
At the Irish International Boat Show in Dublin last March, Lieut.- Colonel Brian Clark, national organiser, Ireland, congratulated the Lagan Valley Round Table Team on their successful Round Ireland Trip, during which they visited all Irish... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above, left) Mrs Antonia Wallace Heaton, honorary secretary of Kensington branch, with some of her enthusiastic Royal Navy helpers at the Ideal Home Exhibition, Olympia, last spring. During the exhibition Navy crews collected £207.98... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dear Editor Further to your recent rescue account from Appledore, I thought your readers might be interested in the attached.
We acquired Boarding Boat 132 in 1994 after nearly 30 years' service at Appledore lifeboat...
Category: Correspondence
4STAR holidays Enjoy the 4 Star comfort of Malta's Ramla Bay with 3 days FREE car hire included A.
n exclusive cost picturesque islands of cutting holiday Gozo d Comino. It is within easy reach of only from Mercury...
Category: Advertisement
1967 month January February March April May June July August September October November December Number of times life-boats called out on service 65 49 85 66 69 117 144 154 122 113 60 59 1,103 Lives saved by life-boats 25 25 67 23 67 98 67...
Category: Services
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At noon on ist November, 1965, the weather was rapidly deteriorating and two open cobles were still at sea, so the life-boat James and Catherine MacFarlane, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a...
The flat Tran- sit, of Liverpool, whilst bound from Llanddulas to "Widnes with a cargo of limestone, had her sails blown away in a very heavy squall on the 10th December whilst proceeding down the Horse Channel and was rendered help-...