JOHN R. STRACHAN, a former coxswain of the Peterhead life-boat, died on the 1st of July at the age of 82.

Coxswain Strachan was awarded the silver medal of the Institution for the rescue of the crew of nine of the trawler Struan, of Aberdeen, on the 18th of January, 1933. As a member of the crew he also took part in the rescue of 74 men, including British soldiers and Russian sailors, in 1916, when the Russian steamer Kiev grounded on Scotstoun Head.

In December 1914 he was in the life- boat when three of the crew, including his brother, lost their lives while helping a minelayer which had run aground.

John Strachan served in the Peter- head life-boat for 48 years, during which time he helped in saving 364 lives. He was appointed coxswain in 1922 and retired in 1937..