Coxswain Richard Eglon, of Whitby, who died on 18th September at the age of eighty-five, had had a long and distinguished career in the life-boat service. He had been an officer of life-boats for thirty-one years. He served as bowman at Upgang from 1892 to 1894, and then as second coxswain from 1894 to 1899. For the next twenty years he was second coxswain of both the Whitby life-boats, and then their coxswain for a year.

In October, 1920, a motor life-boat was stationed at Whitby and he was its coxswain until his retirement in September, 1923. During those years the life-boats in which he served were launched 122 times and rescued 236 lives. Coxswain Eglon, won the Institution's silver medal for gallantry for his share in the great service to the hospital ship Rohilla at the end of October, 191-t. He was second cox- swain of the Whitby No. 2 boat which twice succeeded in reaching the wreck and rescued 35 people, and then he acted as pilot to the Tynemouth motor life-boat when she put out, after all the efforts of other pulling and sailing life-boats had failed, and rescued the 50 people still on the wreck. In 1920 he was awarded the Institution's thanks inscribed on vellum when, as coxswain, he rescued 16 lives from the five-masted schooner Cap Palos, of Vancouver, which was drifting helpless in a whole gale with a terrific sea.

On his retirement he was awarded a coxswain's certificate of service, a pension and a special gratuity..