THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain Henry G. Blogg, of Cromer. He became a member of the Cromer crew in January, 1894, at the age of eighteen.

In 1902 he was appointed second cox- swain, and in 1909 coxswain. In 1917 he won the gold medal of the Institution for the rescue of eleven men of the crew of the Swedish steamer Fernebo ; in 1927 a second service clasp to his gold medal for the rescue of fifteen men of the Dutch oil tanker Georgia ; in 1932 the silver medal for the rescue of thirty men from the Italian steamer Monte Nevoso ; in 1933 a second service clasp to his silver medal for the rescue of the two men of the barge Sepoy, of Dover.

Only two other men, in the 111 years since the Institution was founded, have equalled Coxswain Blogg's achieve- ment of winning two gold and two silver medals, and none has surpassed it.

In addition to the Institution's medals he received from the King in 1924 the medal of the Order of the British Empire; in 1927 a gold watch from the Queen of Holland for the service to the Georgia, and in 1932 the silver medal of the Canine Defence League for saving a dog which was on board the Monte Nevoso.

He has now been a member of the Cromer crew for forty-one years, and for twenty-five of these years he has been coxswain. During his forty-one years the Cromer life-boats have been out on service 193 times, and have rescued 354 lives. Since he has been coxswain there have been 162 launches on service, and 300 lives have been rescued..