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Barmouth: Crew Member John H Stockford Honorary Medical Adviser and Crew Member Dr Robert Airdrie Haworth and Motor Mechanic Colin Pugh Are Presented to The

Barmouth: Crew Member John H. Stockford, Honorary Medical Adviser, and Crew Member Dr Robert Airdrie Haworth and Motor Mechanic Colin Pugh are presented to the Duke of Kent. They were the first ILB silver medallists: the awards were made for a service on June 21, 1971, when they picked up a badly injured woman who had fallen over the cliffs. It was in a south-westerly gale, rough sea and poor visibility and they had to approach the shore through boulders and breaking seas..

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