Ox the 15th of December, 1950, Mr.

W. A. Haines, of Burnham Overy, near Wells, on the Norfolk coast, was out musselling in the Wash, with another man, in a converted life-boat. The wind was blowing hard, with squalls of snow, and the sea was very rough. On the way back Mr. Haines saw a yacht, the Wanderlyn, of Leigh-on-Sea, burn- ing flares. He brought his boat along- side her, but a sea swept his boat away and knocked him over. By the time he had her under control again the yacht had sunk and the four people on board were struggling in the rough sea. With great difficulty Mr. Haines seized three of them and dragged them into his boat. Before he could seize the fourth, the yacht's captain, a sea had broken over him, and he was not seen again. The Institution awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum to Mr. Haines..