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Portrait of a Coxswain

COXSWAIN HAROLD COYDE, of the Torbay life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent. A member of the crew since 1953, he was second coxswain from October, 1960, to April, 1961, when he was appointed coxswain. In 1964 he was awarded a silver medal for a service to a Danish ship in exceptionally difficult conditions..