Coxswain John Graham (Griff) Griffiths of Salcombe. Coxswain Griffiths joined the lifeboat crew in 1962 and was appointed coxswain in 1973, a position he held until 1984 when he retired.

Coxswain Griffiths was awarded the thanks of the Institution on vellum in 1979, a collective letter of appreciation signed by the Duke of Atholl in 1983 following the capsize and successful righting of Salcombe lifeboat, and a long service badge in 1984..