Coxswain Albert Brown of Workington joined the lifeboat crew in 1971, becoming coxswain in 1972. He was awarded the bronze medal in 1974 for the rescue of seven people from the fishing vessel Kia Ora, dragging her anchor half mile east of Hestan Island in a storm force south south westerly wind and a very rough sea. Albert works for a local marine engineering firm and his spare time is spent in building his own house. He is married with two sons, the eldest being a member of the lifeboat crew..