Coxswain Richard Evans, BEM, received the Honorary Fellowship of Manchester Polytechnic on Thursday, December 4, 1975, in honour of his long and distinguished service as a member of the crew and as coxswain of Moelfre lifeboat. Coxswain Evans, who retired as coxswain in 1970, is the only man alive today to have been awarded the gold medal for gallantry twice; his first gold medal was for the service to MV Hindlea on October 27, 1959, and his second was for the service to the Greek MV Nafsiporos on December 2, 1966.

* * * The Carnegie Hero Fund Trustees have awarded the bronze medallion, their highest award, to Dr Peter Davy of Hastings for his service to injured seamen aboard the Argentinian warship Candida de Lasala on December 23, 1974, for which he was awarded the RNLI's silver medal for gallantry. They will also review from time to time any effect that the severe injuries he sustained may have on his health.

* * * Last September the Bishop of Southampton, the Rt. Reverend J. K. Cavell, MA, agreed to become patron of Southhampton Lifeboat Board. His great interest in the work of the RNLI stems from a long family connection with Walmer lifeboat station.

* * * Lancashire and Western Sea Fisheries have named a new patrol vessel after Sam Baxter, who is chairman of the Fisheries committee and has been honorary secretary of Morecambe lifeboat since 1967. The 64' vessel was named by Mrs Eileen Baxter, Sam's Olympic skating star John Curry shows his gold medal to branch members manning the RNLI stand at Birmingham Boat Show: (I. to r.) Mrs G. Cope, Bill Cotton, Roger Cope; looking over their shoulders is Mrs C. E. Lea, honorary secretary of Birmingham branch.

photograph by courtesy of Birmingham Post and Mail.

wife, at Bromborough on Friday, January 30.

* * * It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths: March 1975 William Benjamin Sayle, who was second coxswain of Peel lifeboat from 1926 to 1936 and coxswain from 1937 to 1954.

December 1975 Dr John H. Lamble, who had been a member of Manchester and District Executive Committee since 1946, when he became honorary secretary of a special Manchester City Organising Committee. He was elected chairman of the Manchester and District Executive Committee in 1960, a post which he held until his death last year. Dr Lamble represented the Manchester committee at The Mumbles at the time of the disaster in 1947.

John Alfred Fox, coxswain of Shoreham lifeboat from 1968. He had joined the crew in 1946 and served as second coxswain from 1963 to 1968.

Coxswain Fox was awarded the bronzemedal for gallantry for the rescue of the crew of five from the drilling rig William Allpress in a strong south-westerly gale with a very rough sea and very poor visibility on October 19, 1971; and he was awarded a bar to his bronze medal for the saving of the yacht Albin Ballad and the rescue of her crew of three in a strong south-westerly gale and a very rough sea on August 5, 1973.

January 1976 Alick Mackay, who joined Anstruther crew in 1930, was motor mechanic of Arbroath lifeboat from 1957 to 1964 and coxswain of "Broughty Ferry lifeboat from 1964 to 1973. After his retirement, and despite ill health, Mr Mackay travelled all over Scotland to lecture on the lifeboat service.

Commander Hendrik Thomas Booy, a former director of the Royal North and South Holland Lifeboat Institution (from 1930 to 1963) and a member of its Committee of Management from 1963 to 1971. Commander Booy, who was an honorary life governor, and a very good friend, of the RNLI, was a much respected figure at international conferences..