COXSWAIN WILLIAM CROWLEY, of the Fenit life-boat Hilton Briggs.

A member of the crew since 1928, Coxwain Crowley, who is 58, was appointed bowman in 1936, since which time the life-boat has been launched 58 times and has rescued 16 lives. He was appointed coxswain from 1938 to 1942, and was reappointed coxswain in 1945..