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Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crews

The following coxswains and members of life-boat crews were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a gratuity: Name EDWARD ROBERT SMITH ALEXANDER KEAY FREDERICK C. TATEM .

MALCOLM MACAULAY .

Station Aldeburgh No. 1 . .

Aldeburgh No. 2 ..

Anstruther Appledore Barra Island Service Bowman 12f years.

Bowman 1 year.

Member of crew 24 years.

Bowman 3i years.

Member of crew 29 years.

Head launcher 10 years.

Bowman 1(H years.

Emergency mechanic 15 J years.

Member of crew 7 years.

EDWARD GREGORY LOUGH Berwick-upon-Tweed JOHN LOUGH WILLIAM HOLLAND JAMES ANDREW STANTON JOHN EDWARD STANTON Berwick-upon-Tweed Boulmer Boulmer Boulmer Coxswain 10| years.

Second coxswain 6| years.

Bowman 1 £ years.

Member of crew 9| years.

Bowman 10i years.

Member of crew 12? years.

Assistant mechanic 111 years.

Member of crew 11 years.

Motor mechanic 161 years.

Member of crew 4J years.

Second coxswain 1 i years.

Bowman 1 i years.

Member of crew lOf years.

WILLIAM BURN STEPHENSON Boulmer Coxswain 1 i years.

Second coxswain H years.

Bowman 4J years.

Member of crew 13 J years.

WILLIAM RALPH WOOD Boulmer LAWRENCE GALL ANDERSON Broughty Ferry ARTHUR GEORGE GRIGGS Clacton-on-Sea WILLIAM BRAUND .. Clovelly THOMAS ROBERT CRUSE Clovelly Bowman 1 i years.

Member of crew 19 years.

Second coxswain 8f years.

Bowman 27J years.

Member of crew 1 f years.

Coxswain 11 § years.

Second coxswain 1 year.

Assistant mechanic 19i years.

Bowman 6 months.

Member of crew 14 years.

Bronze Medal 1949.

Motor mechanic 2J years.

Assistant mechanic 11 years.

Bowman 4 months.

Member of crew 9 J years.TREVOR GEORGE DAVEY CHARLES GORDON PERHAM PERCIVAL EUSTIS HERBERT JAMES HART ..

YVES SYLVESTRE HERVE JOHN HYWEL HUGHES ..

GRIFFITH GLYN PRITCHARD MATHIAS WILLIAMS J. W. BATHIE EDWARD SCOTT ALBERT WATSON, B.E.M.

RONALD JOHN WINTON JAMES RICHARD DAVIES DENNIS GEORGE GAFF .. Cromer No. 2 LEWIS BENJAMIN HARRISON Cromer No. 2 Cromer No. 1 SIDNEY CHARLES HARRISON Cromer No. 2 Donaghadee GEORGE LINDSAY (posthumous) ALFRED EDWARD WHITING Dover Dungeness ..

Fishguard ..

Fishguard ..

HAROLD JAMES TART VICTOR COOPER DALE WILLIAM J. H. PHILLIPS, M.B.E.

Flamborough THOMAS COWLING ALBERT ELLERY HARRIS RONALD MALLION Holy Island ALFRED CHARLIE PEPPER JAMES HECTOR DOUGLAS Service Coxswain 11 years.

Second coxswain 12 years.

Bowman 2i years.

Member of crew 28 years.

Bowman 10£ years.

Second assistant mechanic years.

Member of crew 25 years.

Bowman 4i years.

Member of crew 10i years.

Coxswain 4i years.

Member of crew 10i years.

Motor mechanic 15 years.

Assistant mechanic 5 years.

Member of crew 10 years.

Second coxswain 15 years.

Member of crew 5 years.

Bowman 9 years.

Member of crew 5 years.

Second coxswain 10 years.

Bowman 54 years.

Member of crew 4 years.

Coxswain 33§ years.

Assistant mechanic 6 years.

Member of crew 6 years.

Silver Medal 1959.

Assistant mechanic 2f years.

Member of crew 12 J years.

Second coxswain 10J years.

Member of crew 18} years.

Bronze Medal 1941.

Motor mechanic 12$ years.

Assistant mechanic 1 i years.

Member of crew 5 years.

Coxswain 13} years.

Second coxswain 6 years.

Member of crew 16 years.

Bowman 13| years.

Member of crew 26 years.

Bronze Medal 1927.

Second Service Clasp 1941.

Coxswain 1 year.

Second coxswain 7i years.

Bowman 5i years.

Member of crew 9 years.

Member of crew 37f years.

Member of crew 11J years.

Member of crew 14 years.

Coxswain 10} years.

Second coxswain 6 months.

Member of crew 2J years.

Second coxswain 2 years.

Bowman 13 years, Member of crew 27 years.

Second coxswain 1 i years.

Bowman Hi years.

Assistant mechanic 61 years.

Motor mechanic 2} years.

Member of crew 3} years.

Bowman 3J years.

Member of crew 7 years.

Helper 16 years.

Assistant mechanic 9i years.

Emergency motor mechanic 5 i years.

Member of crew 25} years.

572 WILLIAM DOUGLAS .. Holy Island ROBERT WILLIAM HENDERSON Holy Island GEORGE LIVINGSTON SHELL Holy Island RALPH WILSON .. .. Holy Island RALPH WILSON .. .. Holy Island GEORGE EDWARD MITCHELL The Lizard—Cadgwith The Lizard FRANCIS CHARLES CRIBBENS Ramsgate RICHARD M, HICKEY .. Rosslare Harbour THOMAS GEORGE STEPHENS RICHARD HENRY ROBERTS FRANK NORMAN EDWARD DAWSON WILLIAM HENRY CROSS MICHAEL ROBSON (posthumous) ERNEST LLEWELLYN MURT, D.S.M.

HENRY CURPHEY GALE (posthumous) JOHN STRACHAN FREDERICK G. FOWLER ALBERT HOLMES WILLIAM HENRY GEORGE ROGERS ALBERT ARTHUR BROWN EMLYN JAMES JOHN DAVID JOHN LEWIS JAMES MITCHELL WILLIAM DAVID BARTLETT Cadgwith The Lizard—Cadgwith The Lizard Cadgwith The Lizard—Cadgwith The Lizard Minehead Newbiggin New Brighton North Sunderland Padstow Peel Peterhead Plymouth ..

Plymouth ..

Plymouth ..

Tenby Poole Portpatrick Ramsgate Arklow St. David's St. David's Service Member of crew 22 i years.

Motor mechanic 9i years.

Assistant mechanic 5| years.

Emergency mechanic 14f years.

Member of crew 11 years.

Bowman 23 i years.

Member of crew 5 years.

Coxswain 1 year.

Second coxswain 5i years.

Member of crew 221 years.

Member of crew 45£ years.

Coxswain 15 J years.

Second coxswain 131 years.

Member of crew 1 year.

Member of crew 18 years.

Second coxswain 1J years.

Bowman 6i years.

Bowman 10 years.

Member of crew 7 years.

Member of crew 16 years.

Bowman 9 months.

Member of crew 61 years.

Member of crew 6 years.

Helper 8i years.

Bowman 16 years.

Coxswain 9i years.

Bowman lOf years.

Member of crew 151 years.

Second coxswain 15 f years.

Bowman 12J years.

Member of crew 17| years.

Motor mechanic 31 i years.

Bowman 19i years.

Member of crew 12| years.

Coxswain 131 years.

Bowman 3 years.

Member of crew 1 i years.

Bowman 9 years.

Member of crew 4 years.

Member of crew 26 years.

Bowman 12 years.

Member of crew 6t years.

Motor mechanic 10i years.

Motor mechanic 6i years.

Bronze Medal 1953.

Coxswain 20i years.

Second coxswain 2 years.

Bowman 6f years.

Motor mechanic 37 i years.

Second coxswain 4t years.

Member of crew 131 years.

Member of crew 411 years.

Motor mechanic 19i years.

Reserve mechanic 2 years.

Motor mechanic 7J years.

Bronze Medal 1955.

Bowman 8 years.

Member of crew 6 years.

Helper 14 years.

Coxswain 12f years.

Second coxswain 18 years.

Bowman 1 i years.

Member of crew 1 year.

Bronze Medal 1956.SILVER HARRY LE RICHE St. Helier DANIEL ROACH .. .. St. Ives CYRIL GEORGE BASKERVILLE Salcombe ..

COLIN CHARLES JENKINSON Scarborough EDMUND GEORGE .. Sennen Cove RICHARD GEORGE .. Sennen Cove GEORGE WILLIAM HIGH CECIL MERRIT AYLING ERIC ERNEST (Bos) PAGE (posthumous) PERCY GRUNNILL REGINALD H. SANDERS ..

SAMUEL H. G. THOMAS JOHN MACLEOD, B.E.M.

WILLIAM MACDONALD . .

DONALD MACKAY BEWS ERNEST GORDON DUNCAN CHARLES McCALLUM WILLIAM JAMES STEWART WILLIAM YOUNG RICHARD JAMES LILL THOMAS JOHN MOGGERIDGE Weymouth WILLIAM DRYDEN .. Whitby Wicklow EDWARD KAVANAGH Workington Workington Yarmouth .

GEORGE SCOTT ..

NATHANIEL SCOTT ROBERT AMOS LAKEMAN 574 Service Coxswain 1 year.

Second coxswain 6 years.

Bowman 2i years.

Member of crew 8| years.

Bronze Medal 1950.

Coxswain 11 years.

Motor mechanic 10J years.

Assistant mechanic 6i years.

Member of crew 15i years.

Bronze Medal 1958.

Assistant mechanic 8i years.

Bowman 8i years.

Member of crew 5i years.

Assistant mechanic 8J years.

Member of crew 4| years.

Bowman 20 J years.

Member of crew 13 years.

Motor mechanic 9 years.

Assistant mechanic 1 year.

Member of crew 11 years.

Assistant mechanic 8J years.

Member of crew 2 years.

Assistant mechanic 27 years.

Member of crew lOf years.

Coxswain 4i years.

Second coxswain 6i years.

Member of crew 11J years.

Motor mechanic 36 years.

Assistant mechanic 30f years.

Member of crew 10 years.

Bronze Medal 1941.

Second coxswain 12i years.

Member of crew 26 years.

Bronze Medal 1941.

Motor mechanic 38i years.

Bronze Medal 1962.

Bowman 6 years.

Member of crew 5 years.

Motor mechanic 13 years.

Reserve mechanic 9 months.

Bowman 12f years.

Member of crew 1 i years.

Motor mechanic 14£ years.

Reserve mechanic 8 years.

Assistant mechanic 16i years.

Member of crew 3 months.

Coxswain 8 years.

Second coxswain 4$ years.

Bowman 1 year.

Member of crew 1 year.

Member of crew 28 i years.

Helper 6 years.

Assistant mechanic 29i years.

Motor mechanic 16J years.

Assistant mechanic 12i years Signalman 7 years.

Bronze Medal 1940.

Coxswain 29i years.

Second coxswain 6f years.

Bowman 1 year.

Member of crew 9 years.

Bronze Medal 1950.

Coxswain 19 years.

• Second coxswain 19 years.

Assistant mechanic 15 years..