Coxswain James Thomas Lethbridge, of St. Mary's, Scillies, died on 1st January, at the age of seventy-one.

He had spent twenty-eight years as an officer of the life-boat, being appointed bowman in 1897, second coxswain in 1901 and coxswain in 1914. He re- tired in 1925, and since 1928 he has been a member of the committee of the station. In 1920 he received the thanks of the German Government for the rescue of the crew of twenty- four of the steamer Hathor, of Hamburg, and in 1922 the thanks of the Institution on vellum for going out to the help of the Italian steamer Concordia. The life-boat was at sea in a south-westerly gale for nearly fifteen hours. During his twenty- eight years as an officer of the life-boat 160 lives were rescued. On his retire- ment Coxswain Lethbridge was awarded a coxswain's certificate of service and a pension. The present coxswain and second coxswain of the life-boat are his sons..