blLVhK MkUALb FOR GALLENTRY Coxswain Peter Bisson, St Peter Port - 29 August 1992 Coxswain Bisson and his crew braved force 9 winds and 15-20ft seas to snatch six yachtsmen to safety from the Sena Sioria. During the rescue the yacht's mizzen mast crashed onto the deck of the lifeboat, trapping the crew and injuring two. With coolness and skill Coxswain Bisson kept the lifeboat in position while debris was cleared and injuries assessed and then again when the casualties were transferred to a helicopter in difficult and hazardous conditions.

The whole service took 7 hours to complete.

The service is recounted in full in the Winter 1992/93 issue of The Lifeboat Helmsman Roderick James and Frank Dunster, Hayling Island 25 October 1992 Helmsman Roderick James was in command of the Atlantic 21 when it was driven through heavy seas to take seven people from the stricken yacht Donald Searle. The lifeboat narrowly escaped capsize bow over stern.

Helmsman Frank Dunster braved the same conditions in his own rigid inflatable rescue boat. He and two of the RNLI crew members were first on the scene and took two people off the yacht before further helped arrived. His boat was under constant threat of capsize and at one point was nearly crushed by the yacht.

The service is recounted in full in the Spring 93 issue of The Lifeboat BRONZE MEDALS FOR GALLENTRY Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark, Lerwick 17/18 January 1993 Lerwick's Arun class was called on service to MFV Ardency which had broken down and was taking water. With Coxswain Mechanic Hewitt Clark at the helm a heaving line was passed to the casualty which was rolling so violently that her keel could be seen.

During the journey back the towline parted but with exceptional physical effort the crews recovered the line and headed for Lerwick Harbour.

The service is recounted in full in this issue of The Lifeboat Helmsman John Pearson, Whitby 20 February 1993 Whitby's Tyne class and D class inflatable were launched to provide assistance to two inflatable lifeboats, one of which had capsized throwing a man into the water. As the larger lifeboat stood by, the D class with Helmsman John Pearson in command was driven with courage and skill into rough seas and among rocky shallows. The man was pulled aboard the D class and on the return journey the lifeboat was left airborne as it cut through the waves.

Once clear of danger the survivor was transferred to the Tyne lifeboat. Both safely re-entered the harbour where an ambulance was waiting for the casualty.

The service is recounted in full in this issue of The Lifeboat PRESENTATIONS TO VOLUNTARY WORKERS Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting the Committee of Management has awarded six Honorary Life Governorships, twelve Bars to the Gold Badge and thirty-seven Gold Badges.

HONORARY LIFE GOVERNOR Mrs Vera Robinson MBE Redcar Guild: Member for a total of 63 years. Honorary Treasurer 1968-1973, Honorary Secretary 1973-1975, President 1975 to date.

Zetland Lifeboat Museum: Rota Secretary 1981 to date.

Mr Jack Downing Stourbridge Branch: Chairman 1963-1980, President 1980 to date.

Mrs Elizabeth Mobbs osi j Chilterns Branch: Founder Member 1950-1965, Chairman 1965- 1970, Vice President 1970-1971, President 1971-1985, Committee Member 1985 to date.

Mrs Winifred Sowden LLCM ALCM Southampton Guild: Honorary Secretary 1927-1945. Hamble-Pear Tree and Woolston Guilds: Flag Week Organiser 1927-1936. Hedge End Guild: Founder and Chairman 1945-1991, President 1991 to date.

Mr Joe Adams Hastings Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1956-1966, Joint Honorary Secretary 1968-1977, Honorary Secretary 1977-1982, Deputy Launching Authority 1982-1993, Chairman 1986-1992.

BAR TO THE GOLD BADGE Mrs Louie Rigby Silloth and District Ladies Lifeboat Guild: President 1952 to date.

Mrs Janet de Zouche Hall Halifax Guild: Chairman 1951- 1981, Vice President 1981 to date.

Halifax Luncheon Club: Founder Member 1960 to date, Chairman 1966-1967.

Mrs Nora Matheson Morpeth Guild: Committee Member 1952-1954, Honorary Secretary 1954-1960, Chairman 1960-1991, President 1991 to date.

Mrs Marion Appleby-Matthews Tamworth Guild: Flag Day Organiser 1954-1970, Founder Chairman 1970 to date. Mr J.

M. F. (Jackie) Groat MBE DL JP Longhope Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1962 to date.

Mr A. E. (Ferdi) Thurgood Helensburgh Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1968-1987, Honorary Treasurer 1987 to date.

Mr Peter Cheney Littlehampton Financial Branch: Chairman 1963-1978.

Littlehampton Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1966-1993, Chairman and Deputy Launching Authority 1993 to date.

GOLD BADGE Lady Violet Macrae Orkney Mainland Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Honorary Secretary 1969- 1973, President 1973 to date Mrs Janet Kent Rosyth Branch: Honorary Secretary 1968-1986, Honorary Treasurer 1986 to date.

Mrs A. J. (Margaret) McCall Alsager Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Chairman 1953 to date.

Mrs Christine Bull Urmston Branch: Committee Member 1952 to date, Honorary Treasurer 1959-1964, Honorary Secretary 1968-1972, Chairman 1974-1984, Honorary Secretary 1974-1975,LifeVicePresidentl985.

Mrs Beatrice AllenWhitefield Branch: Member 1914 to date, Chairman 1960-1962, Vice Chairman 1966-1968, Chairman 1972-1974, President 1977 to date.

Mrs Joy Morris Whitehaven Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1967 to date.

Mrs Patricia Groves Cardiff Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Committee Member 1954 to date, Joint Honorary Secretary 1959- 1961, Hag Day Organiser 1959 to date, Flag Day Organiser (Whitchurch Area) 1964 to date, Vice Chairman 1970-1976, Vice President 1978 to date.

Mrs Christine E. Pickstone Birmingham Branch: Committee Member 1961 to date, Honorary Secretary 1972-1980.

Professor Arthur Birley St Albans Branch: Honorary Secretary 1964-1968, Assistant Honorary Secretary 1968-1973.

Loughborough Branch: Founder Member and Chairman 1974-1986, Flag Day Organiser 1974 to date, President 1988 to date.

Mr L. B. (Bill) Charles Derby Branch: Honorary Secretary 1954-1957. Luton Branch: President 1964-1967. Northampton Branch: Chairman 1971 to date, Flag day Organiser 1975 to date.

Mrs A. M. Mary Briggs Chilterns Branch: Committee Member 1964-1975, Chairman 1975-1977, Committee Member 1977-1981, Flag Day Organiser 1981 to date, Vice President 1981 to date.

Mrs Muriel G. Everitt Huntingdon Lifeboat Branch: Flag Day helper 1930-1964, Committee Member 1964-1972, Honorary Treasurer 1972 to date.

Mrs R. J. (Lilian) Dann Norwich Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Founder Member and Honorary Treasurer 1967 to date.

Mrs Doris Langford Norwich Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Founder Member 1967-1971, Honorary Secretary 1971 to date.

Mrs Eileen Vaughan-Jones Bristol Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Committee Member 1930-1965, Chairman 1965-1975, Committee Member 1975 to date.

Mrs Sheila Whitehouse Newquay Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Founder Member 1966-1967, Honorary Treasurer 1967-1973, President 1974 to date.

Dr Stuart J.Silvey Stoke Bishop Branch: Chairman 1968 to date.

Mrs Pearl Newbery Cheltenham Branch: Branch Member 1952-1955, Committee Member 1955-1967, Honorary Secretary 1967-1976. Portishead Branch: Assistant Honorary Secretary 1976-1981. Truro Branch: Committee Member 1981-1982, Box Secretary 1982 to date.

Miss Irene E. Howe Ventnor and District Branch: Member 1946-1949, Lifeboat Day Organiser 1949-1968, Chairman 1968-1982, President, Flag Week Organiser and Membership Secretary 1982 to date.

Mr Monty Hand BEM Bognor Regis Branch: Member 1959-1990, Vice Chairman 1990 to date.

Major Frank E. Saunders (deceased) Meopham and District Branch: Chairman, Honorary Treasurer, Box Secretary and Lifeboat Week Organiser 1970-1992. (This award was made posthumously and was received by Major Saunders' wife, Mrs Joan Saunders.) Mrs Joan Saunders Meopham and District Branch: Honorary Secretary, Souvenir Secretary and Events Organiser 1970 to date.

Mrs I. M. (Katherine) Calvocoressi Westerham Branch: Honorary Secretary and Lifeboat Week Organiser 1959 to date.

Miss Dorothy E. Lee Bellagh) Branch: Honorary Secretary 1965 to date.

Mr Desmond Fitzgerald Nenagh Branch: Chairman 1965 to date.

Mrs Beryl Whitworth Newtownmountkennedy Branch: Honorary Secretary 1956 to date.

Mr J. D. (Davie) Garrick Aith Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 972-1993.

Mr Archie A. McLellan Mallaig Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1971 to date.

Mr Patrick S. Irwin Hastings Station Branch: Honorary Treasurer and Vice Chairman 1966 to date.

Mr Stuart B. Strickland Littlehampton Station Branch and Financial Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1966 to date.

Mr E.N. (Nick) Smith Littlestone Station Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1966 to date.

Mr David F. Aubrey Port Talbot Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1972 to date.

The following recipients were unable to attend the Ceremony and their awards are being made locally.

BAR TO THE GOLD BADGE Mrs Agnes C. R. Scorgie Dumfries Branch: President 1952- 1981, Vice President 1981 to date.

Miss Elizabeth M. Black Isle of Arran Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Honorary Secretary 1961 to date.

Mrs R. (Emma) Dalgleish Selkirk Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Vice President 1955-1982, Chairman 1982 to date.

Mrs J. L. (Edna) Weatherby Alsager ladies Lifeboat Guild: Honorary Secretary 1953 to date.

Mr Geoffrey Flint (deceased) Weston-super-Mare Station Branch: Assistant Honorary Treasurer 1949-1958. Westonsuper- Mare Financial Branch: Committee Member 1953-1958.

Midsomer Norton Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1958-1965.

Weston-super-Mare Financial Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1965- 1971, Chairman 1971-1987.

Weston-super-Mare Station Branch: Chairman 1976-1992, Vice President 1992-1993.

GOLD BADGE Mrs A. (Gladys) Emerson Middleton Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Chairman 1947 to date.

Mrs Winifred A. Glover Stretford Branch: Vice Chairman 1964-1965, Committee Member 1965-1968, Honorary Secretary 1968-1985, Committee Member 1985-1988,LifeVicePresidentl988.

Mr William L. Muir Anstruther Station Branch: Deputy Launching Authority 1971-1975, Honorary Secretary 1975 to date.

Captain Norman Macleod Oban Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1973 to date.

Mr George Ralston Bangor Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1973 to date. Bangor Fundraising Branch: Chairman 1984-1992..