THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving in 1956 has been won by Reginald Carey, of Coverack, Cornwall.

Reginald Carey, who is normally second coxswain of the Coverack lifeboat, was acting coxswain when the life-boat rescued seven survivors from the motor vessel Citrine, of Glasgow, on the 2nd of January. 1956. An account of this service appeared in the June. 1956. number of the Life-boat on page 231.

The award, which is an annual one made, according to the terms of a will, by the Committee of Management of the Institution, was won the year before by Coxswain Thomas Allchorn, of Eastbourne..