THE bowman of the Walmer life-boat, James Rich, collapsed and died in the life-boat when she went out, on the 24th of December 1950, to the help of the Italian motor vessel Santagata, and rescued her crew of thirty-two. An account of the service is on page 170, The Institution has pensioned his widow as if he had been a sailor, soldier or airman killed in action, and gave her a certificate signed by the Duchess of Kent, President of the Institution, to record that her husband had died on active service..