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Coxswain Mann, of Aldeburgh

Coxswain C. D. Mann, of Aldeburgh, died on 15th February last, at the age of sixty. He came of a family of Life- boatmen. Both his grandfather and father served in the Aldeburgh Boat before him, and he succeeded his father as Second Coxswain in 1903. Fourteen years later he was appointed Coxswain, and he served as Coxswain for twelve years, retiring in 1929. He was pre- sented with a Certificate of Service and received a pension. During the War, from August, 1914, to November, 1918, he took part in twenty-two services..