AT Porthclais harbour in Pembroke- shire about 3.30 on the afternoon of Friday the 19th of July, 1963, Mr. B. J.

Williams heard a woman shouting that a man had fallen over the cliff. With the help of a friend, Mr. T. J. Davies, Mr. Williams immediately decided to put out in his 10-foot fibre-glass dinghy while another friend, Mr. J. Hier of Hayes, Middlesex, volunteered to go along the cliff path to give what help he could.

Guided by People on Cliffs On reaching the boat Mr. Williams and Mr. Davies found that the engine and rowlocks were missing, but an outboard engine and rowlocks were borrowed from another boat anchored near by. Unfortunately the engine clamps would not fit the chocks on the transom of Mr. Williams' boat and the engine had to be held in position by hand.

On leaving the harbour the two men found that there was a moderate breeze from the south-west and a considerable swell from previous weather. The scene of the accident - about a mile and a half away - was reached in 20 minutes, the dinghy being guided by people on the cliffs.

In the meantime Mr. Hier had climbed down the cliff to the injured man.

In the shelter of Crow Rock Mr.

Davies was able to scramble ashore on to the rocks. Mr. Williams managed to keep the boat alongside while the heavy and badly injured man was got into the boat over the stern. To facilitate this the engine had to be removed. The man was then placed under the thwarts and Mr.

Hier joined the boat for the return journey.

Most Dangerous Part of Rescue There was considerable danger that the boat would plough her stem under when the stern was lifted by following seas, and with the wind, sea and swell on the starboard quarter it was difficult to handle the boat, which might easily have broached to. This third, and most dangerous part of the rescue, lasted half an hour.

The whole operation was watched by Councillor S. W. Mortimer, a former St. David's life-boat coxswain, who reported the rescue to the Haverford- west Rural District Council, who in turn reported it to the Institution.

For this service the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to Mr. J. T. Davies and Mr. B. J. Williams of St. David's, Pembrokeshire, and Mr. J. Hier of Hayes, Middlesex..