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FOUR BOYS FOUND CUT OFF BY TIDE Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 11.22 on the night of the 31st July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that four boys were missing from a camp at Culver and that it was thought they might have been cut off by the tide while walking along the sea shore to Whitecliffe. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 11.34 in a light westerly breeze and a slight sea. It was nearly high water. When the life-boat reached the position given a cliff rescue party informed the coxswain of the last known position of the boys. The life-boat boarding boat, which had been taken in tow, was sent to search close inshore, and at 12.30 the four boys were found under the cliff cut off by the tide. They were taken by the boarding boat to the life-boat, which then returned to her station, arriving at 1.20 in the morning..