Coxswain Daniel Kirkpatrick, of the Longhope, Orkneys, life-boat T.G.B., who was lost with his crew on the night of 18th March, 1969, while on service (see page 594). He was awarded his first silver medal in 1959for saving 14 from the trawler Strathcoe, his second service silver clasp in 1964 for rescuing nine from the trawler Ben Barvas, and his third clasp in 1968 for taking oft 15 from the trawler Ross Puma, Coxswain Kirkpatrick, who joined the Longhope crew in 1940, was appointed to his last position in 1954..