EX-COXSWAIN JOHN WAITERS Ex-coxswain John Watters died on 2nd September, 1965, aged 66. He had been coxswain of Fowey life-boat for more than 25 years and was awarded the RNLFs bronze medal for gallantry in 1947 f°r a difficult and perilous rescue in heavy seas and darkness. He had taken out the life-boat when the call came, though he had been injured by a fall. The service is reported in full on page 46 of THE LIFE-BOAT for September, 1947.