Coxswain Thomas Kyle, proprietor of the Castle Hotel, Holy Island, who died in October, 1937, at the age of sixty-four, had served as coxswain of the Holy Island life-boats for two years, and as second coxswain for over twenty years. During those years the Holy Island life-boats rescued 135 lives. In March, 1934, he won the Institution's thanks inscribed on vellum for going out in a heavy gale to the help of the lighter Ella, the crew of which had already been rescued by a tug. On his retirement he was awarded a pension and a certificate of service..