By the death of Mrs. Finch of Chelms- ford, on 15th August, the Institution has lost an honorary worker whose devotion to the life-boat service was shown by her refusal to give up her work for it, even when disabled by serious illness. Mrs. Finch became the honorary secretary of the Chelmsford branch in 1924. Previous to her appointment, although there had been occasional life-boat days, there had been no regular branch. She collected subscriptions, organized life-boat days and whist drives, and in nine years raised £936. In 1928 she was awarded the gold badge. In 1931, while on holiday in Bournemouth, she fractured her thigh, but the following year, although unable to travel alone, she insisted on returning to Chelmsford to arrange the work of the branch, organized life-boat day, and later returned again to Chelmsford to carry the day through, organize a whist drive and find a successor as honorary secretary. Not until then did she give up her work in Chelmsford. She then settled in Boscombe, where she at once found work to do for the Bournemouth and Christchurch branch. She organ- ized depots for Bournemouth life-boat day in 1932 and 1933 and was working for life-boat day this year when she was taken ill and died. Her ten years of work have been an example of generous and unselfish devotion to the life-boat service..