THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain Roland Moore of Barrow. He was appointed second coxswain in 1941 and after a break for war service became coxswain in 1947. In 1958 he was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry for a service in which the Barrow life- boat took a sick man off a lightvessel in exceptionally bad conditions with a wind of nearly hurricane force blowing.

In 1952 he was accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for a service to the yacht Faithful on the 13th of July, 1952, when three lives were rescued. Since he became coxs- wain Barrow life-boats have been launched 73 times on service and have rescued 31 lives..