Coxswain Sam May, of South wold.

SAMUEL C. MAY, at one time Coxswain of the Southwold Life-boat, died on 18th. May last after a long illness. He was sixty-three years old, and was appointed Second Coxswain in 1891, seven years later he became Coxswain and retired in 1918, on account of ill-health, having then served as Coxswain for just twenty years. He received from the Institution a Pair of Binoculars and its Thanks inscribed on Vellum for saving the barge Beryl, of Faversham, with her crew of three, in January, 1912, and a Mounted Aneroid Barometer, a Certificate of Service, and a Pension on his retirement. For a service to the smack Joseph Yvonne, of Dunkerque, in November, 1905, he received a Silver Medal and Diploma from the President of the French Republic, while he and the members of his crew received Medals and Certificates from the Queen of Holland for saving five men from the schooner Voorwaarts, of Groningen, in January, 1912.

Coxswain May was one of the best known men in Southwold, and a very familiar figure to visitors. For three years he served on the local council.

He was a fine figure of a seaman, and it was said of him that he was the most photographed man in Southwold.