Arranmore, Donegal - At 11.30 a.m.

on 25th November, 1967, the doctor at Bunbeg informed the coxswain that the life-boat's assistance was required to convey a sick man from Tory Island to Burtonport. The lifeboat W. M. Tilson slipped her moorings at 12.45 p.m. in a strong north westerly breeze and a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. The lifeboat proceeded to Tory Island and the patient was embarked. He was landed at Burtonport where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The life-boat returned to her station at eight o'clock. The man's life was saved by the lifeboat's services on this occasion..