The Maud Smith Bequest for the bravest lifesaving act by a lifeboatman in 1976 has been made to Crew Member Glyn Roberts of Porthdinllaen for the rescue, last August, of two boys who were trapped on the cliffs. Glyn Roberts climbed almost vertical cliffs to coax one of the boys down and in spite of falling thirty feet and severely lacerating his feet he brought the boy to safety.

The Ralph Glister Award for the most meritorious service of 1976 by the crew of an inshore lifeboat has been made to Helmsman Richard M. K. Robinson and Crew Members David Wharton and J. Anthony Easton of Whitby for rescuing a man trapped on rocks after a fishing vessel had been wrecked. The service is reported on page 8.

The James Michael Bower Fund monetary awards will be made to the four lifeboatmen who received the RNLI's gold or silver medal for gallantry for services in 1976. The men are Second Coxswain Keith W. Bower of Torbay, Coxswain William J. Jones of Holyhead, Coxswain Robert W. Allen of Whitby and Second Coxswain Victor J. Pitman of Weymouth..