Another old and most valued friend of the Institution, Miss Annie Swallow, of Peterborough, passed away on 24th January. Miss Swallow had been a Life-boat worker for thirty years, first as Honorary Secretary of the Lifeboat Saturday Fund, and then, when the Fund was taken over by the Institution in 1910, as Honorary Secretary of the Peterborough Branch, succeeding her twin brother, Mr. Edward Swallow. She continued her work until illness compelled her to resign at the beginning of 1928. During that time the Peterborough Branch contributed £2,000 to the Institution, the yearly amount, largely through Miss Swallow's efforts, increasing from £38 in 1910, to over £100 in 1927. In 1921 she was awarded the Gold Brooch, which is given only for long and exceptional services, and on her retirement she was presented with a framed Photograph of a Life-boat going out to a vessel in distress, inscribed with the Institution's appreciation of all that she had done for the Life-boat Cause.

Such is the brief record of her services for the Institution, but it was only one of the public causes to which she gave devoted and unselfish labour..