THE life-boat station at Lynmouth, Devon, established in 1869, was closed in 1944 and the life-boat taken away.

Men of the crew are still living in the village. When the thunderstorms on Exmoor, and the flooding of the river Lyn, on the 15th of August, swept a large part of the village away, three of that old crew were among those who lost their lives. They were Gabriel Litson, who had served in the life-boat for forty years, Henry Litson, who had served in her for eighteen years, and Edwin Smith, who was away serving with His Majesty's forces when the station was closed, and had served in the life-boat for seventeen vears..