Coxswain Richard Davies - Bronze Medal Cromer lifeboat, 13 October 1993 Richard Davies was in charge of Cromer's Tyne class lifeboat when she was involved in a long service in which she rescued a 30ft yacht and saved her crew of four.

Onshore winds of up to Force 10 made the launching conditions the worst the crew had experienced in 30 years and it was some time after launching before it was safe to venture on deck to raise the radio aerials .

• A full account of this service appeared in the Spring 1994 issue of THE LIFEBOAT..