Coxswain Jesse L. Salmon, who died on 13th January, 1938, at the age of eighty-four, had a distinguished career. He was bowman of the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat for just over a year, second coxswain for over fifteen years, and coxswain for five years, retiring in 1924. During these twenty- one years the Clacton life-boats rescued 263 lives. Coxswain Salmon won the silver medal for gallantry in September, 1915, for his share, as second coxswain, in the rescue of the crew of the bar- quentine Leading Chief, of Guernsey, and the bronze medal, in December, 1917, for his share, as second coxswain, in the rescue of the crew of the steamer Iris, of Gothenburg. On his retire- ment he was awarded a pension and a certificate of service..