SEVENTEEN crew members of life-boat and inshore rescue craft at stations around Britain are to receive awards from the Royal National Life-boat Institution for their recent actions in saving lives.

The men, operating from life-boat and inshore rescue boat stations at Islay, Clacton-on-Sea, Whitby, Conway, Aberystwyth and Bembridge, will receive awards ranging from the Institution's thanks on vellum for gallantry to framed letters of thanks and special certificates from the Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O.

For their action in rescuing six people stranded on Chuirn Island on the night of 31st August last year, the R.N.L.I.'s thanks on COLLECTED £40 News reaches THE LIFE-BOAT that when there was a life-boat flag day at Penzance, Cornwall, a young man, Mr. C. Pedrick, of Sion Hill, Bath, who was staying with one of the Sennen Cove life-boat crew members, personally collected over £40.

vellum is being accorded to the second coxswain of the Islay life-boat, Malcolm MacKay, and also the assistant mechanic, Archibald Campbell, while framed letters of appreciation of their services are being presented to Coxswain McPhee and three other crew members.

The coxswain of the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat, Charles Bollingbroke, is to receive the Institution's thanks on vellum for the rescue of three people from a converted ship's life-boat in distress and difficulty in hazardous conditions on 16th August last off West Mersea. The other six members of his crew will receive vellum service certificates for their part in the operation.

The thanks of the R.N.L.I, is also to be presented to two crew members of the Whitby life-boat, Mr. D. Frampton and Mr. R. Allen, for saving a youth from a hired rowing boat as it began to sink after drifting to sea near Scar Rock on 17th August last year. Coxswain William Harland and four other crew members will receive vellum service certificates for their part in the rescue.

The three members of the Conway inshore rescue boat, Mr. Brian Jones, Mr. Trevor Jones and Mr. Ronald Craven, are also to receive the Institution's thanks on vellum for rescuing two people from a 30-foot motor cruiser in difficulties near Great Orme on 30th August.Similarly, three members of the Aberystwyth inshore rescue boat, Mr. Alan Blair, Mr.

Michael Nichol and Mr. Keith Stone, will receive the Institution's thanks on vellum for rescuing a woman swimmer who got into difficulties off Castle Rocks on 1st September.

Two members of the Bembridge, Isle of Wight, inshore rescue boat, Mr. Martin Humphray and Mr. Barry Dyer, are to receive framed letters of thanks for rescuing two people, one from a motor boat, the other from a dinghy which got into difficulties in the Solent..