Coxswain John Fox (right) and his son Michael were both in the crew of Shoreham Lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant when, on August 5, Albin Ballad and her crew of three were rescued during a south westerly gale force 9. Coxswain Fox, who has been a member of Shoreham crew since 1946 and Coxswain for five years, has been awarded a second bronze medal for gallantry, and his son a medal service certificate.

by courtesy of Frederick Wackett.