Coxswain David Gallichan of Beaumaris in Anglesey joined the lifeboat crew in 1957 and became second coxswain in 1974 before being appointed coxswain in 1980. He was awarded a bronze medal in 1981 for saving the crew of a fishing vessel in a strong south easterly gale with driving snow and very rough seas. He is also a helmsman of the station's Atlantic 21 lifeboat, one of the five inflatable lifeboats funded by BBC TV's Blue Peter. David is married with two teenage children and is employed as a boatman at the Royal Anglesey Yacht Club looking after the boats and moorings..