Coxswain Edward Parker, who died on i5th October, 1964, was a former coxswain of Margate life-boat who was awarded the D.S.M. for the part he and his crew played at Dunkirk when the Margate life-boat rescued over 600 British servicemen from the beaches. He served in the Margate life-boat crew for 41 years. During the last 16 years, from 1930 until his retirement in 1946, he served as coxswain..