THE hundredth anniversary of the establishment of a life-boat station at Criccieth in Caernarvonshire was cele- brated at a dinner held at Criccieth on the 14th of October, 1960. The Lord- Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire, Sir Michael Duff, Bart., presided, and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Longmore, a member of the Committee of Manage- ment of the Institution, presented the centenary vellum to the president of the branch, Captain S. Livingston- Learmonth. Dr. R. R. Prytherch, chair- man of the branch, later handed the vellum to the coxswain of the life-boat, Captain W. J. Lewis.

At the time of the Centenary celebra- tion life-boats from Criccieth had been launched on service 66 times and had rescued 133 lives..