Coxswain William McAuslane of Troon died on the 16th of January, 1960, at the age of 83. He was appoin- ted bowman in November 1913, be- coming coxswain in 1920. He retired in 1942. In 1941 Coxswain McAuslane won the silver medal for gallantry for the rescue of the crew of seven of the s.s. Moyallon of Belfast. To rescue the crew he had to drive the bow of the life-boat hard against the plunging steamer and hold it there with his engines while the seven men jumped..