On the evening of the 9th of August^ 1958, four people were rescued from a cave after a dinghy manned by four members of the St. Ives, Cornwall, life-boat crew had been holed and sunk.

For this service, a full account of which appears on page 130, the silver medal for gallantry was awarded to Motor Mech- anic Michael Peters, bronze medals ta Coxswain Daniel Roach and Signalman Daniel Paynter and the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum to the other four members of the crew..