Coxswain William Stephen, of Montrose, died on 16th December last, at the age of sixty-seven. He had been in the service of the Institution for fortyeight years. In 1913 he was appointed Coxswain of the Montrose No. 2 Lifeboat, and then in 1924 he became Coxswain of the No. 1 boat. During his sixteen years as Coxswain he took part in the rescue of forty-nine lives. Coxswain Stephen was presented with a medal by the King of Norway for a fine service during the War, when seven lives were rescued from the schooner HeistaA, of Brevik. As a pilot lie was very well known on the coast, and during the war was presented with the Mercantile Marine War Medal for saving nine airmen from drowning and helping to save seven others, while acting as pilot.

He also held the British War Medal and the Royal Naval Reserve Long Service Medal..