COXSWAIN C. R. ELLIS of Clacton, who died on the 2nd January, 1962, had been coxswain of the life-boat from 1924 until 1950, when he retired.

He had previously been second coxswain for four years. Coxswain Ellis was awarded the silver medal for an out- standing wartime service on the 19th November, 1939, when the Clacton life-boat first rescued the crew of three of the fishing smack Charlotte Ellen and then put out again almost immedi- ately and rescued the crew of two of the barge Lorna. To carry out this second rescue Coxswain Ellis had to take the life-boat right on to the deck of the barge..