THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1963 has been won by Mechanic Joseph Houlihan of Valentia for the rescue single-handed of two men on 2nd September. A full account of the service appeared in the March, 1964, number of THE LIFE-BOAT on page 5.

The award, which is an annual one made, according to the terms of a will, by the Committee of Management of the Institution, was won the previous year by Bowman John Kerr, of Blyth..