LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
One Hundred Gallons of Petrol Donated By Bp Oils Ltd Was the Prize In a Draw Organised By Pangbourne Branch Which Raised £1800 for the Rnli the Lucky Ticket Was Drawn at the Swan Hotel
One hundred gallons of petrol, donated by BP Oils Ltd, was the prize in a draw organised by Pangbourne branch which raised £1,800 for the RNLI. The lucky ticket was drawn at the Swan Hotel by England Test cricketer Denis Compton. With... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
News from the Branches. 1st November, 1939 to 31st January, 1940
Central and Outer London.
BEXLEY HEATH.—Rummage sale, whist drive, and dance, attended by the Mayor and Mayoress, all arranged by the Ladies' Lifeboat Guild. The Guild has adopted the lifeboat crew at the Dungeness...
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Plymouth's Lifeboats 1803-1974 By Jeff Moiris
FROM PULLING 'ORIGINAL' TO HIGH SPEED 'FAST AFLOAT' WAVENEYPLYMOUTH, host city for the first International Lifeboat Exhibition, 'Lifeboat International', from July 19 to August 17, was one of the 31 stations to have a...
Category: Articles
Run for the Lifeboat
Warrant Officer T. J. Hudson MBE is shown presenting a cheque for £200 to the President of Plymouth lifeboat station, Vice Admiral Sir Robert Gerken.
The money was raised by WO Hudson's friends and mess mates who... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Motor Life-Boats of the Institution. No. 8.—The Dover Life-Boat for the Help of Aeroplanes
AT Dover is stationed the only motor life-boat of this type, specially designed for the special conditions of the Straits, across which there is not only the heavy passenger steamer traffic, but a con- siderable daily traffic by aeroplanes,...
Category: Articles
Marathon Oil Uk Offered to Pay the Costs of Peterhead Lifeboat Station
Marathon Oil UK offered to pay the costs of Peterhead lifeboat station for a year and last February Ed McFarland (centre r), the company's Aberdeen general manager, presented a cheque for 15,000 dollars to John Geddes (centre I),... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Increased Rewards for Life-Boat Services
IN accordance with the policy laid down by the Committee of Management some time ago, the scale of' Rewards given to the Coxswains and Crews of Life-boats for going afloat to save life has again been raised, the higher Rewards taking...
Category: Articles
Silver Medal for Padstow
The Institution has awarded its silver medal to W. Orchard, its second motor mechanic at Padstow, for taking command of the life-boat when she travelled 28 miles in a rough sea and blinding squalls of rain, and rescued seven lives from a...
Category: Articles
New Ways of Raising Money
The Chairman of the Failsworth, Lancashire, Urban District Council, Mr. George Edge, has adopted the lifeboat service as his particular charity during his year of office and is trying to persuade a thousand organisations or individuals each...
Category: Donations
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