Contents Volume XLIII Number 446 Price 15p Chairman: COMMANDER F. R. H. SWANN, OBE, RNVR Secretary: CAPTAIN NIGEL DIXON, RN Notes of the Quarter by the Editor Edwin Distin Chairman's New Year Message ..

Commemorative Items and Events During 1974 by Joan Davies The Lifeboat Service in Two World Wars Letters Spurn Head Lifeboat Station by Christopher R. Elliott Book Reviews 74 75 75 76 78 90 92 96 THE YEAR OF THE LIFEBOAT 1824-1974 Lives Saved: 98,500 Some Ways of Raising Money .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 Shoreline Section .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 102 Central Appeals Committee Lifeboat Services Lifeboat Launches ILB Launches Special Offer to Shoreline Members Classifieds Index to Advertisers 102 104 109 110 112 112 112.