Mr Robin Knox- Johnson, the Atlantic sailor, who is a member of the Committee of Management of the RNLI, declared at the annual meeting: 7 think we should remember their families who stay behind while they go out and risk their lives'. Here with their wives (left to right) are the following medallists.-Coxswain George Leith (Lerwick), silver medal; Coxswains Alfred Pavey (Weymouth), Reuben Wood (Aldeburgh), Walter Brown (Falmouth); Crew Member Douglas Gibbin (Hartlepool, Acting Coxswain Malcolm Mackay (Islay) and Coxswain Jack Leslie (Longhope), all bronze medals.

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