It is with deep regret that we announce the following deaths.

May 1979 Robert Johnson, motor mechanic of Longhope lifeboat from 1929 to 1965.

Bob Johnson first went out in the lifeboat in 1916 and served as assistant mechanic from 1926 to 1929.

September 1979 Miss Minnie Brazington, a founder member of Knowle and Dorridge ladies' guild who only in 1979 collected £50 in the house-to-house collection.

October 1979 Air Marshall Sir Brian E. Baker, KBE, CB, DSO, MC, AFC, who W3S awarded the silver badge in 1965 and honorary life governorship in 1971. Sir Brian became honorary secretary of St Andrews branch in 1952 and had been a strong supporter of the lifeboat service for many years before that..