On 7th August, 1968, when the Ramsey, Isle of Man, life-boat Thomas Corbett was being launched for publicity purposes the tractor driver, Mr. W.

Collister, who was wearing his life-saving suit, was swept off the tractor into the sea. He was carried some distance from the life-boat. Mr. Richard Wilkinson, an enrolled member of the Ramsey life-boat crew, who was assisting in the launching, swam out to Mr. Collister and brought him in. A testimonial on vellum has been awarded to Mr. Wilkinson by the Royal Humane Society in recognition of his action..