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Mrs. E. S. Raymond, of Llandudno

Mrs. Eleanor Stephens Raymond, of Llandudno, Caernarvonshire, who died at the end of September, 1931, was a member of the Branch Committee at Llandudno, and Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. She had been associated with the work of the Life-boat Service for nearly forty years.

Her husband, the Rev. John Raymond, was Honorary Secretary of the Station from 1890 until 1922, when he resigned, on account of ill-health, shortly before his death—and was awarded the In- scribed Binoculars and the Gold Pen- dant. When the Ladies' Life-boat Guild was formed in 1921, Mrs. Ray- mond became the Honorary Secretary at Llandudno, and held that position until her death. During the ten years from 1922 to 1931, the Llandudno Guild collected over £5,000. Mrs. Raymond was awarded in 1927 the Gold Brooch, which is given for long and distinguished honorary service for the Institution..