THE photograph shows Coxswain Harold Parkinson, of Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire. He became coxswain in April, 1959, and was awarded the Institution's bronze medal in 1962 for the rescue of the four members of a yacht's crew. He served previously as second coxswain. Since his appointment as a boat's officer in January, 1959, the life-boat has been launched on service 23 times and has saved 16 lives..