THE photograph on the cover is of Coxswain Frederick Palmer of Wey- mouth, who first joined the Weymouth crew in 1926. Since then Weymouth life-boats have been launched on service 240 times and have rescued 180 lives.

He was appointed second coxswain in 1931 and coxswain in 1946.

In 1948 Coxswain Palmer was awarded the bronze medal for gallantry for the rescue of three men from a yacht, and less than a year later he won the silver medal for a difficult and dangerous rescue from an old steam tug. In 1961 he was awarded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum for outstanding seamanship when the coaster Vectis Isle went aground. The photograph is reproduced by courtesy of Mr. Colin Rogers..