ON the 26th of March, three Army officers from Dover, members of the Royal Artillery Yacht Club, set sail in a yacht for Margate. Just after four in the afternoon they were seen by the shore attendant attempting to enter Ramsgate harbour. He kept the yacht under observation, as she appeared to be in difficulties. Then he saw her attempt to jibe, in the fresh following easterly breeze, and capsize, throwing the three men into the sea. There were several rowing boats, in the harbour. He called to them.

A seventeen-year-old boy, Kenneth Gilbert, an engineering apprentice, was sailing a 15-feet boat. He had little experience of sailing, but he answered the call, and left the safety of the harbour.

There were frequent, heavy squalls, and outside the harbour a choppy broken sea. In spite of his inexperience, Mr. Gilbert must have handled his boat with remarkable skill, and judgment, or had extraordinary good fortune, for he reached the three men in time and succeeded in getting them all on board. In doing so he ran very great risk of being capsized himself. He had to return against the tide, which was running down the coast. In that wind and tide he could not manage his boat, but a passing speed-boat gave him a short pull, and with that help he brought his boat and the rescued men safely into the harbour.

The capsized yacht was towed in later by a motor boat.

In recognition of his gallantry the Institution has awarded Mr. Gilbert its thanks inscribed on vellum and two pounds..