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Coxswain George Warford, of Pakefield

Coxswain George Warlord, of Pakefield.

A Coxswain with a long and fine record, Coxswain George M. War- ford, of Pakefield (one of the Stations closed last year), died on 14th March last, at the age of eighty-eight. He became Coxswain in 1865 and retired in 1898, having served for thirty-three years. He received the Institution's Silver Medal in 1886, for "long and gallant services in saving life," and a clasp to the Medal on his retirement..