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Coxswain James Campbell

Coxswain James Campbell of Boul- mer died on the 18th of May, 1959, at the age of 79. He first joined the Boulmer crew in 1906, was bowman for nearly a year in 1929, and was then second coxswain for ten years. He was coxswain from 1939 to 1947. For a wartime service in March 1941 he was awarded the bronze medal when the Boulmer life-boat rescued two men from a salvage vessel, who were aboard the s.s. Somali when she blew up..