HENRY BRITTON, for 50 years Coxswain of the Life-boat at Walton-on-the-Naze, died on March 20th last, at the age of 79.

He was appointed Coxswain in "1884, when the Station was established, and retired in 1914. During that time the Life-boat rescued 150 lives. Brittoa took part in a number of notable services, of which one of the finest was the first in which the Walton-on-tLe- Naze Life-boat saved life, the service to a German vessel, the Deike Rickmers of Bremerhaven, which was wrecked on Christmas Day 1884. The Life-boat, Honourable Artillery Company, was launched in the evening and had to travel 18 miles to the wreck, which was on the Long Sands. The whole crew of 25 was rescued, and also a large dog, and the Life-boat, returning with 40 men altogether on board, was in great danger crossing the Sands, which were in a ferment of broken water, but she reached her Station safely, having been out 25 hours. In recognition of this and other fine services Henry Britton was awarded the Institution's Silver Medal in 1902. Since he retired thirteen years ago he has been in receipt of a pension from the Institution..