Coxswain Samuel Brown, of Winter- ton, Norfolk, who died on llth January last, at the age of sixty-five, joined the Life-boat Crew at Winterton, Norfolk, in 1884, when he was eighteen years old.

He was appointed Second Coxswain in January, 1907, and Coxswain in Decem- ber, 1910. He served as Coxswain for nine years, retiring in 1919 on account of ill-health, the result of Life-boat service. In addition to his retiring pension, he received two special gratuities amounting to £80, and in 1921 the Institution granted him a special weekly allowance of ten shillings.

During his thirty-five years of service the Winterton Life-boat was launched 247 times and rescued 356 lives..