NEW YEAR HONOURS Knights Bachelor Captain David Stanley Tibbits, DSC RN (Retd.), Deputy Master, Trinity House. Sir David is an exofficio member of the RNLI Committee of Management.

QBE Rodney Murison Addison, Vice- Chairman, National Savings Committee for Scotland. Mr Addison is chairman of Aberdeen branch, a member of the Scottish Lifeboat Council and a member of the Fund Raising Committee.

Lieut.-Commander John Arthur Douglas, MBE RN (Retd.), Chief Inspector HM Coastguard, Department of Trade. Lieut.-Commander Douglas is a vice-president of the RNLI Orpington and District branch.

BEM William Sheader, coxswain, Scarborough lifeboat. Mr Sheader joined the crew in 1945 and served as second bowman from 1948, bowman from 1952, second coxswain from 1954 and coxswain from 1957. He was awarded the silver medal for gallantry for the rescue of one of the crew of the converted ship's lifeboat Sheena on November 23, 1969..