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Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 7.25 p.m. on I3th June, 1965, the honorary secretary was informed that a boy had fallen 190 feet on Great Ormes Head.

At 7.35 the IRB launched in light airs and a calm sea. The tide was flooding.

The IRB made for the position given and took the boy to the life-boat slipway, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The boy unfortunately died after admission. The IRB returned to her station at 7.49 p.m..