Commander S. H. Pinchin, O.B.E., D.S.C., R.N.(RETD.), the present Deputy Chief Inspector, H.M. Coastguard, will retire on 3ist March, 1966. He will be succeeded by Lt.-Commander J. A. Douglas, M.B.E., R.N.(RETD.).

Commander Pinchin joined H.M. Coastguard as Inspector, North Western Division, in March, 1955, after serving in the Royal Navy since 1919..