Mrs. Robert Carpenter, who died on 24th April of this year, was one of the founders of the Ladies' Life-boat Guild of Brighton and Hove in 1921, and was its first honorary secretary and treasurer. She held that post until 1930, when ill health compelled her to resign. During the ten years of her work she helped to raise over £2,500, and in 1932 she was awarded the gold badge of the Institution..