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Bridlington, Yorkshire, Life-Boat Crewman Fred Walkington (Right) Bringing Ashore a German from the Pipe-Laying Barge Eider Who Had Received Head Injuries In a Gale. Below, the Bridlington Life

Bridlington, Yorkshire, life-boat crewman Fred Walkington (right) bringing ashore a German from the pipe-laying barge Eider who had received head injuries in a gale. Below, the Bridlington life-boat—a 37-foot Oakley—heading out into a 100 m.p.h. gale on 3rd November.

The third picture, also by Arthur W. Dick, the local honorary secretary, shows the life-boat towing in a motor boat with four men aboard.

She was picked up seven miles off Flamborough Head in a rising south westerly gale in September..

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