to -voluntary zvorkers at the 1998 Annual Presentation of Awards Since the last Annual Presentation of Awards Meeting, the Committee of Management has awarded three Honorary Life Governorships, 10 Bars to the Gold Badge and 50 Gold Badges. Each of the following entries states the dates of the first and last positions held at the given branch by the awardees. Awardees who did not attend the APA are indicated with an asterisk and were presented with their award at a local ceremony.

Honorary Lite Governor Miss A Illingworth Hkeley Branch: 1926- 1930, Torquay Branch: Chairman 1930-1990.

President 1990 to date Mrs Joan Vincent Shepperton Branch.

Honorary Secretary 1950 to date Dr George Middleton St Davids Station Branch: Honorary Medical Advisor 1956- 1988, President 1997 to date 6ar_To_SollBadge Mrs Helen Macarthur* Upton Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Honorary Secretary 1961-1992, Chairman 1 993 to date Mrs Elaine Harbottle Tyne Valley Branch: Vice President 1961-1977. President 1991 to date Miss Anne Hughes Pontypool Branch: Chairman 1963-1982, President 1982 to date Mr David Mottram Rhyl Lifeboat Fundraisers: Committee Member 1 959 to date Mrs Margaret Joice* Dereham & District Branch: Honorary Secretary 1955-1979, FakenhamBranch:HonorarySecretary1979- 1 980. President 1 980 to date Mrs M Berry Falmouth Guild: Committee Member 1959, President 1989 to Mr Bob Reay MBE North Sunderland Station Branch: Honorary Secretary 1 964-1 992, President 1992 to date Mr Roy Pain Dover Station Branch: Chairman 1984-1996, Honorary Treasurer 1966 to date Mr Ernie Hay1 Banger Station Branch: Station Hon Secretary 1965-1973, Honorary Treasurer 1974 to date Mr Patrick J Gallagher Valentia Station Branch: Station Hon Secretary, Treasurer and Press Officer 1968 to QoldJUdge Mrs May Buchan Brechm Branch: Honorary Secretary, Souvenir Secretary and Assistant Treasurer 1 962 to date 992, Mrs Fiona Boag* Losstemouth Guild: Honorary Treasurer 1974-1977and 1980 to date Mrs Elizabeth Lord Clayton-le-Woods Branch: Honorary Secretary 1970 to date Mr Brian Thompson Farnworth & Kearsley Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1977 to date MrsAnnetteFryFormby,Freshfield&Altcar LLG. Honorary Treasurer 1972 to date Mrs Eileen Marsden Heswall & Gayton: Box Secretary 1974-1988, Box Secretary 1990 to date MrEJRumjahnHuytonwithRoby&Prescot Br: Box Secretary 1965-1997, President1997 to date Mrs Margaret Bullough Lytham Ladies Lifeboat Guild: Honorary Secretary (LLG) 1975-1982, Vice President 1988 to date Mrs Janet Kernohan Radcliffe Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1977-1985, Souvenir Secretary 1988 to date Mr Colin Boden MC Bradford: Treasurer 1973-1994,Box Secretary 1994 to date Mrs Aurea Popple Clifton Guild: Chairman 1970 to date Mrs Felcrty Jay East Bridgtord & District: Joint Role Secretary 1995-1997, Chairman 1970 to date Mrs B Rose Garforth Branch: Secretary 1972 to date Mrs Janet Marshall Hessie & District Branch: Treasurer 1971 to date Mrs W S Hick Heworth Guild: Chairman and Secretary 1968 to date Mrs Barbara Taylor Huddersfield Guild: Assistant Treasurer 1969-1972, Treasurer 1972 to date Mrs Peggy Hirst* Knaresborough: Secretary 1972 to date Mrs Edith Crossland Spenborough Guild: Assistant Secretary 1959-1963, President 1974-1980 Miss Ethel Clark* Hakin Point: Secretary 1974 to date Mrs Molly Rayner Bourne End: Honorary Secretary and Flag Day Organiser 1969 to Mrs Pat Elboum Royston & District Branch: Honorary Secretary 1968-1986, Vice President 1997 to date Mrs Jeanette Goodson Wroxham & District Branch: Honorary Secretary 1972-1978, Chairman 1981 to date Mrs Denise Muir Wymondham Ladies Lifeboat: Honorary Treasurer, Box Secretary and Flag Week Organiser Mrs Kathleen James Bnxharn Souvenir Secretary 1965, President 1987 to date Mrs Helen Bailhache Jersey Guild: Vice Chairman 1965, Vice President 1975 to date Mrs Rosalie Johnson Penlee Guild, Souvenir Secretary 1975-1987, Asst Honorary Treasurer 1976-1997 Mrs Joan Sharp Sennen Cove Guild:Chatrman 1979-1995 Mrs Janet Cooper Sherborne Guild: Souvenir Secretary 1991 -1996, Press Officer 1993 to date, Lewisham (London) Branch: Honorary Secretary 1973-1983 MrlvorHowcroft Brentwood Branch: Honorary Secretary 1963-1969, Wells Branch: Vice Chairman1969-1973SW Wilts Branch: Chairman 1979 to date Mrs Hannah Copplestone Torquay Branch: Flag Day Organiser 1975 to date. Vice Chairman 1988 to date, Redruih Branch: Honorary Secretary 1958-1960 and 1964-1974 Mr Alfred JenkinsTruro Branch: Flag Week Organiser 1972-1996, Souvenir Secretary 1972 to date Mrs Muriel Banks Byfleet. West Byfleet & Pyrford Branch: Secretary 1972-1993 and 1993-1997, Asst Honorary Secretary 1997 to date Mr Thomas Taylor Gravesend Branch: Joint Box Secretary 1973 to date Mrs Joyce Smoothy* Hastings & St Leonards Lifeboat Society: Chairman 1972- 1976, Hastings LG: Box Secretary 1976- 1992 Mrs Ann Payne Newhaven & District Lifeboat Society: Secretary 1979 to date Mr Derek Payne Newhaven & District Lifeboat: Chairman 1979 to date Mrs Gina Majendie Central London: Chairman 1981-1986 Miss Doreen Went Sunbury. Honorary Secretary 1970-1997 Mrs Cheryl Piper Upminster Branch: Honorary Treasurer 1982-1986, Honorary Secretary 1988 to date Mr Tom Mclaughlin Glens Lifeboat Guild: Chairman 1972 to date, also Chairman of Red Bay Station Branch Mrs Patricia Aikins Dublin Central Branch: House to House Organiser 1979-1997, Rathmines Shop Lady 1979-1997 Mr Frank Spears* Isle of Islay Station Branch: DLA1971-1979. Chairman 1996 to date Mr Noel Smart Montrose Station Branch: Chairman 1971 to date Mr Lake Falconer* Oban Station Branch: Chairman 1972 to date Dr David WoughCullercoatsStation Branch: Chairman 1951 -1992, President 1992 to date Mr Roy Smith Haylmg Island Station Branch: DLA 1974-1978. Chairman 1988 to date Dr Andrew Murphy Selsey Station Branch: Hon Medical Adviser 1972 to date Mr Tom Williams Criccieth Station Branch: Station Hon Treasurer 1972 to date Lt Cdr John Courlander Dun Laoghaire Station Branch: DLA. 1972-1987. Chairman 1991 to date Mr Neil Workman Red Bay Station Branch: DLA1974-1980. Station Hon Secretary 1981- 1998 ~ JL }di CIS to coxswains, crezv members and shore helpers The following coxswains, crew members and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement in 1997. Those entitled to them under the Institution's regulations were also awarded an annuity, gratuity or pension.

Abersoch: A S Vowel I 12.5 Years; J A Williams 18.5 years Aberystwyth: T C Ridgway 28 years Aldeburgh: F S F Sharland 35.5 years Angle: A L Roch 30.5 years Barry Dock: W R Caton 10 years; N D Hewitson 13.5 years Beaumaris: I W Hughes 11.5 years Bembridge: B Dyer 33.5 years Clacton-on-Sea T M Bolingbroke 27 years; P Evans 17 years Donaghadee: A Small 13.5 years Dunbar: A M Wight 21.5 years Dungeness: P J Richardson 38 years; W L Richardson 33.5 years; F W Voller 25 years Dunmore East: S W Abrahamsson 20.5 years (Coxswain) Fishguard F J Monk 22 years Flint: WC Kerfoot 17 years Gt Yarmouth & Gorleston: P H Carter 15.5 years Helensburgh P G Macneill 20 years Howth: N McLoughlin 26.5 years Hoylake; J W Kernighan 33.5 years; J G McDermott 38 years (Coxswain) Hunstanton: R W F Hicks 17 years; R D Rafferty 13 years llfracombe J A Clemence 38 years Kinghorn: W Mclntosh 29.5 years; C D Young 17 years Kirkwall D A Strutt 30.5 years Lerwick: WJ Clark 13 years (Bronze); I Fraser 29 years; T R Nicolson 30 years (Lerwick and Aith) Littlehampton J I Pidcock 15 years Lochinver: S M McClelland 17.5 years Lytham St Annes: P M Ashton 10.5 years; D Barker 20 years; P J Whalley 26.5 years Moelfre T 0 V Jones 6 years (Coxswain) Morecambe: S J Waite 14.5 years; D Willacy 13.5 years Mudeford: A B Barker 17 years; M W Boulton 10 years; D Vaines 11.5 years North Berwick: M G Thomson 10.5 years North Sunderland A Dawson 42 years Oban: A G Murchison 21 years; D S Robertson 25 years; D W Scott 25 years Padstow: T W Picton 10 years Plymouth: F Jackson 11.5 years Poole: A J Bebbington 14 years Portpatrick: W Ramsay 18.5 years Portrush: T H Creelman 11 years Port Talbot: H Davies 10.5 years; R Parker 21.5 years Queensferry J Blair 11 years Ramsey: J Kinnin MBE 26.5 years (Coxswain) Red Bay: J Ferris 25 years; W L F McCollam 25 years Rosslare Harbour: W Gough 13 years Salcombe: R H Evans 21 years Scarborough C Lawson 16.5 years; R Tyson 38 years Selsey A M Connors 13 years; N J Woodland 37 years Skegness: M R Hation 40.5 years Southend: N T Abbott 10 years; J F Fossett 13.5 years; R A West 17 years Southwold: S R Borrett 24.5 years; M Davies 10.5 years; S Taylor 17 years St Agnes: J H Stephens 26 years St Bees: E W Forbes 24 years; I McDowell 21.5 years (Bronze); C Patterson 22.5 years St Holier: S B Maguire 10.5 years (Coxswain) Sunderland: R Graham 10.5 years Teesmouth: W C Milne 13.5 years The Mumbles C Thomas 105 years Troon: S P Aspin 12 years Walton & Frinton: S S Moore 27.5 years Walmer: D L Brophy 26.5 years; PHardman27.5years Wells: GB Walker 35.5 years (Coxswain/Mechanic); R M Warner 15.5 years WestKirby: R A Booth 14.5 years West Mersea: G W Peace 13.5 years; P J L Smith 12.5 years Wick: J Bissett 22.5 years.