Awards to Coxswains, crew members and shore helpers 1993 The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement. Those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations were also awarded an annuity, gratuity or pension. Service in inshore lifeboats is shown by an asterisk.

Abersoch: M. Davies* (Crew Member 16 1/2 years) Aberystwyth: G.J. Edwards* (Crew Member 23 years) Aldeburgh: N.A. Saint BEM (Mechanic 32 1 /2 years, Reserve Mechanic 4 months, Crew Member* 3 1/2 years) Amble: T. Crozier (Assistant Mechanic 191/2 years, Crew Member 4 1 /2 years, Crew Member* 51/2 years) Angle: G.J. Edwards (posthumous) (Coxswain 11 years, Crew Member 21 years) Anstruther: D. Duncan (Tractor Driver 17 years, Tractor Driver Helper 81/2 years, Shore Helper 4 years) Appledore: C.G. Edwards (Crew Member 19 years, Crew Member* 20 years); R.J. Tucker (Crew Member 14 1 /2 years, Crew Member* 91/2 years) Arbroath: S.M. Fergusson (Crew Member 25 years, Crew Member* 12 1/2 years); D.M. Clark (Crew Member 14 1/2. years) Arklow: J. Lambert (Crew Member 17 years) Arran (Lamlash): M.J. Bailey (Crew Member* 141/2 years) Baltimore: J. Nolan (Shore Helper 12 years) Barmouth: J.H. Stockford (posthumous) (Crew Member 24 1 /2 years, Crew Member* 18 1/2 years, Silver Medal 1971); C.D. Griffith (Coxswain/ Assistant Mechanic 11/2 years, Second Coxswain/Assistant Mechanic 2 years, Second Coxswain 1 /2 year, Crew Member 71/2 years, Crew Member* 3 years); R.A.

Haworth (Crew Member 25 1/2 years, Crew Member* 151/2 years) Barry Dock: M. Fisher (Assistant Mechanic 2 years, Crew Member 11 years) Berwick: J. Swan (Mechanic 41/2 years, Crew Member 41/2 years, Crew Member* 21/2 years, Shore Helper 13 1/2 years) Blackpool: R. Browell (Crew Member* 13 years) Borth: A. Hubbard (Crew Member* 13 1/2 years); R.W. Christian (Crew Member* 15 1/2 years) Bude: J.M. Ball MBE (Crew Member* 25 years, Shore Helper 2 years) Burnham-on-Crouch: J.C.D. James (Crew Member* 11 years); J. Tucker (Crew Member* 23 years) Burry Port: D.R. Williams (Crew Member* 16 years) Clogher Head: M.O. Tallon (Coxswain 161/2 years, Second Coxswain 8 years, Crew Member 9 years) Cromer: P.G. Everitt (Crew Member 13 years, Crew Member* 20 years); M.A.

Love (Crew Member 13 years); W.C.

Cox (Crew Member 11 years) Dunbar: R. Brunton BEM (Mechanic 7 I /2 years, Crew Member 27 1 /2 years) Dungeness: F.E. Paine (Mechanic 10 years, Tractor Maintenance Mechanic 3 years, Crew Member 16 years); P.E.

Thomas (Second Coxswain 12 years, Crew Member 91/2 years, Shore Helper 4 years, Bronze Medal 1974) Eastbourne: J.D. Cooper (Crew Member 5 years, Crew Member* 8 years, Shore Helper 2 years); R.J.

Billich (Crew Member 10 years) Eyemouth: J.P. Dougal (Crew Member II years) Falmouth: R. Prynn (Crew Member 6 years, Crew Member* 111/2 years) Filey: P. Marshall (Crew Member 6 years, Crew Member* 5 years) Galway Bay: B. Mullin (Mechanic 18 years, Coxswain/Mechanic 8 years, Second Coxswain/Mechanic 3 years, Reserve Mechanic 1 year, Assistant Mechanic 61/2 years) Girvan: W.F. Paterson (Coxswain 3 years, Second Coxswain 31/2 years, Crew Member 31/2 years) Happisburgh: C.C. Cox* (Crew Member 25 years) Harwich: D.B. Gilders (Coxswain 1 year, Second Coxswain/Second Assistant Mechanic 4 years, Second Assistant Mechanic 1 year, Crew Member 9 years, Crew Member* 15 years) Hastings: W.C. Adams (Crew Member 15 years, Shore Helper 8 years); A.

Bourdon-Pierre (Crew Member 1 year, Crew Member* 13 years) Hayling Island: C.M. Goulding (Crew Member* 10 years); J.E. Jones (Crew Member* 10 years); S.J. Wilson (Helmsman 18 years) Holyhead: D.T. Barry (Assistant Mechanic 16 years, Crew Member 6 years, Crew Member* 9 years, Shore Helper 4 years) Hoylake: J.S. Bird (posthumous) Head Launcher 25 years, Shore Helper 5 years); R.L. Beech (Crew Member 31 years, Shore Helper 4 years) Humber: J. Essex (Crew Member 12 years) Hfracombe: M.J. Woodger (Crew Member 10 1/2 years, Shore Helper 28 years) Invergordon: G.D. McBay (Assistant Mechanic 12 years, Crew Member 3 years); A.G.S. Mackenzie (Second Coxswain 12 years, Crew Member 5 years); E. Ritchie (Crew Member 12 years) Kinghorn: W.S. Boston (Crew Member* 20 years) Lochinver: I.W. MacLeod (Second Coxswain 9 years, Crew Member 4 years) Longhope: V. Leslie (Crew Member 13 1/2 years) Lyme Regis: K. Gollop (Crew Member* 5 years, Shore Helper 20 1 / 2 years) Lymington: A.P. Coster (Crew Member* 28 1/2 years, Bronze Medal 1980) Mablethorpe: J.E. Mayfield (Crew Member* 27 1/2 years) Moelfre: G. Williams (Crew Member 20 1/2 years) Montrose: R.S. Russell (Crew Member Montrose 9 years, Crew Member Arbroath 6 years) New Brighton: G. Prince (Crew Member* 14 years) New Quay: D.F.S. Davies (Crew Member 27 years, Shore Helper 4 years); I.D. Hides (Head Launcher 13 years, Crew Member 20 years)North Berwick: S. Auld (Crew Member* 25 1 /2 years); B.M.

Pearson (Crew Member* 25 years, Bronze Medal 1973); J. Pearson (Crew Member* 25 1/2. years) Oban: S.J. Thomson (Crew Member 14 1/2 years) Padstow: T.P. Lloyd (Crew Member 19 1/2 years); N. Harding (Crew Member 11 years) Penarth: P.J.W. Bussell (Crew Member* 12 1/2 years) Portaferry: G. Savidge (Crew Member* 13 years) Port Erin: H.R. Moore (Mechanic 19 years); R.A. Buchan (Coxswain 10 years, Crew Member 10 years); L.

Watterson (Assistant Mechanic 9 years, Crew Member 3 years); J.

Watterson (Crew Member 171/2 years, Shore Helper 9 years) Porthdinllaen: J.B. Hughes (Crew Member 91/2 years, Shore Helper 14 years) Port Isaac: J. Coshall (Crew Member* 14 years); N.J. Andrews (Crew Member* 22 1/2 years) Portsmouth: A.C. West (Crew Member* 14 1 /2 years) Queensferry: M.G. McDowell (Crew Member* 21 1 /2 years); D. Quate (Crew Member* 16 years) Red Bay: A. McMullan (Crew Member* 12 years); J. Burns (Crew Member* 10 years) Redcar: T. Wilberforce (Crew Member 111/2 years, Crew Member* 27 years, Head Launcher 61/2 years) Rhyl: B.A. Herbert BEM (Coxswain 18 1/2 years, Bowman 11 years, Deckhand 3 years, Crew Member 4 years, Crew Member* 61/2 years); D. Archer-Jones (Second Coxswain 10 years, Crew Member 13 1/2 years, Crew Member* 16 years, Bronze Medal 1973) Rye Harbour: A. Edwards (Crew Member* 11 years) Selsey: S. Hart (Crew Member 71/2 years, Crew Member* 10 1/2 years); D.F. Munday (Second Assistant Mechanic 3 years, Crew Member 16 1/2 years, Crew Member* 12 years, Bronze Medal 1983) Sennen Cove: P.J. George (Shore Helper 21 years, Head Launcher 9 1/2 years) Sheringham: K. Culley (Winchman 10 years, Shore Helper 2 years); A.

Culley (Crew Member 24 1/2 years, Shore Helper 19 years) Shoreham Harbour: G. Lettres (Crew Member 17 years, Crew Member* 16 1/2 years); J.A. Condell (Crew Member 20 years, Crew Member* 23 1 /2 years, Head Launcher 3 years) Silloth: C. Akitt (Crew Member* 25 years) Southend: M.L. Borkett (Crew Member* 10 1/2 years, Shore Helper 1 year); R.L. Kidwell (Crew Member* 23 1 /2 years, Shore Helper 1 Year); I.

Robinson (Crew Member* 171/2 years, Shore Helper 1 year) Southwold: M.R. Helmer (Crew Member* 27 years) St Abbs: L. Crowe (Crew Member* 19 years) St Agnes: C.M. Whitworth (Crew Member* 10 years); J.T. Julian (Crew Member* 14 years) St Davids: E.B. Bateman (Assistant Mechanic 81/2 years, Second Assistant Mechanic 9 years, Crew Member 16 years, Shore Helper 4 years) St Mary's: D. Woodcock (Crew Member 23 years) Staithes: D.F. Moffat (Crew Member* 14 1/2 years) Swanage: W. Bishop (Head Launcher, Second Assistant Mechanic, Crew Member and Shore Helper for a total of 26 years) Teesmouth: D. Ineson (Crew Member and Winchman 13 1/2 years) Tenby: T.S. Lewis (Crew Member 23 years, Crew Member* 16 years) The Mumbles: M.H. Prosser (Mechanic 5 years, Crew Member 15 1/2 years, Second Coxswain/Mechanic of the Angle Lifeboat 1 year); A. Eynon (Crew Member 34 years, Crew Member* 22 years); G. Ridd (Crew Member 35 years, Crew Member* 20 years); R.D.H. Arnold (Second Coxswain 6 years, Crew Member 111/2 years, Crew Member* 12 1/2 years) Thurso: J.S. Mackay (Crew Member 10 1/2 years) Torbay: P.A. Williams (Crew Member 10 years, Crew Member* 8 years) Tramore: F.J. Nolan (Crew Member* 26 1/2 years) Valentia: J.J. Houlihan (Mechanic 24 years, Second Coxswain/Mechanic 5 1 /2 years, Reserve Mechanic 1 /2 year, Assistant Mechanic 8 years, Crew Member 1/2 year, Bronze Medal 1963) Wells: S.A. Frary (posthumous) (Crew Member 22 years, Deputy Head Launcher and Shore Helper 6 years); R.

Abel (Crew Member 33 years, Crew Member* 25 1 /2 years); N.R. Money (Crew Member 19 years, Crew Member* 19 years); S.A. Abel (Crew Member 33 years, Crew Member* 25 years) West Kirby: J.D. Hopkinson (Crew Member* 18 years, Shore Helper 5 years) West Mersea: P.B. Clarke (Crew Member* 29 years) Weston-Super- Mare: T.J. White (Crew Member* 14 1 /2 years, Shore Helper 2 years); R.

Varcoe (Crew Member* 20 years) Whitby: A. Fairclough (Crew Member 10 years, Crew Member* 10 years); P.N. Thomson (Coxswain/ Mechanic 16 1/2 years, Second Coxswain/Mechanic 2 years, Mechanic 7 years, Crew Member 1 1 /2 years, Crew Member* 1 year, Bronze Medal 1988) Whitstable: M. Gambrill (Crew Member* 16 1/2 years, Shore Helper 12 years); J. Maitland (Crew Member 12 years) LIFEBOAT SERVICES AUGUST, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 1993 Continued from page 168 Wicklow, Co Wicklow 47ft Tyne ON 1153: Aug 6 (twice), 14, 17, 22, 24, Sept 1, 4,15,16, Oct 8, 9,10 (twice) and 24 (twice) Withernsea, Humberside D class: Aug 7, 29 and 30 Workington, Cumbria 47ft Tyne ON 1141: Sept 28 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight 52ft Arun ON 1053: Aug 2, 7 (three times), 9,11 (twice) and Sept 18 Relief 52ft Arun ON 1160: Aug 22 Relief 12m Mersey ON 1148: Sept 26,29, Oct 9,17 (twice), 18 and 24 Youghal, Co Cork Relief Atlantic 21: Aug 7 Atlantic 21: Sept 5, Oct 9 and 10 Lifeboats on Passage 52ft Arun ON 1108: Aug 9 and 14 12m Mersey ON 1148: Sept 2 Atlantic 75: Sept 13 Note: This list is complied from reports received by 4 February 1994, there may be additional service for which service reports had not been received by that date..