Dr Denis Leslie, chairman of Penlee and Penzance branch from 1974 to 1983 when he was elected vice-president. Dr Leslie also served as Penlee station's honorary medical adviser from 1956 to 1973. In 1972 he was awarded the RNLI's silver badge, and a gold badge in 1982. The French government made him Chevalier de L'Ordre du Merite Maritime in 1970 for services to French seafarers and in 1983 he was appointed MBE..