Awards to coxswains, creiv members and shore helpers The following coxswains, crew members and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement in 1998. Those entitled to them under the Institution's regulations were also awarded an annuity, gratuity or pension. '(CY denotes coxswain.

Abersoch: E DOwen 12.5 Years; E D Kennedy 25 Years (Formerly Lytham St Annes) Aberystwyth: E D Harris 20 Years; E D James 15.5 Years Aldeburgh: E D Cook 17.5 Years Angle: E D Ward 23 Years Anstruther: E D Small 45 Years: ED Stewart 14 Years Aran Islands: E D Kelly 12 Years Arbroath: E D Cargill 14.5 Years Arklow: E D English 26.5 Years; EDMckay 19.5 Years Bangor: E D Flood 19.5 Years Barmouth: E D Probert 17 Years; E D Rushton 13 Years Barra Island: E D Macneil 11 Years; E D Jackson 12.5 Years Barrow: F Keenan 24.5 Years Barry Dock: PN Freeman 13 Years Beaumaris: B J Roberts 20 Years Blyth: D T Coussons 21.5 Years; I Woodhouse 17 Years Broughty Ferry: W A Pyke 31 Years Burry Port: H Owen 24.5 Years Cardigan: M G Faulkner 10 Years Clogher Head: P F Sharkey 32.5 Years (0 Cramer: R E Brownsell 12.5 Years Donagadee: W J M Bennett 30.5 Years Dun Laoghaire: F Kennedy 12 Years Dunmore East: S Kearns 34 Years Eastbourne: B AChessell 13 Years; A M Huggett 12.5 Years Exmouth: K R Graham 18.5 Years (C); G C Ingram 18.5 Years; D J Richards 12.5 Years; D J Stuart 11 Years Filey: C Haddington 21 Years Filey G V Taylor 35 Years (C) Fishguard: K Bean 33 Years Fleetwood W I Fairclough 20 Years (C) Flint: THJacklin 19.5 Years; D G Moore 24 Years Hartlepool: E Reeve 19.5 Years Hastings: S J Barrow 24 Years; MJRBarrow31.5Years Helensburgh: G M D Newlands 17 Years Hoylake: C J Norman 11 Years; R A Whiteley 48 Years (Formerly West Kirby) Hunstanton: M Wallace 17 Years Kippford: J J Johnstone 30 Years Kirkcudbright: D J Henry 20.5 Years Largs: J W Strachan 23 Years Lerwick: I H Campbell 12 Years Little & Broad Haven: B R Dilly 13.5 Years Littlehampton: T T Edwards 20.5 Years; C Shanks 12.5 Years Lowestoft: T J Arlow 13 Years; DJ Barnard 12 Years Lyme Regis: B R Miller 31 Years; J C Ennals 18.5 Years (Formerly St Marys's) Lytham St Annes: W H Hamblen 10 Years; R A Wignall 17 Years Margate: P J Manning 22 Years Moelfre: A Dennis 22 Years (C); FG Hughes 12 Years Montrose: J J Cowley 16 Years; AR A Jack 10.5 Years Mudeford: M M Minns 10 Years New Brighton: B M Aves 20.5 Years; R N Barrass 23 Years; B W Downing 13 Years; J A Jackson 15 Years Newcastle: F L Mooney 18 Years North Berwick: I F Mcminn 22.5 Years Oban: J P Maclean 25.5 Years Padstow: ST Hughes 10.5 Years Poole: J R Buckby 36.5 Years Port Isaac: A D Walton 21 Years Portaferry: J J Devlin 15 Years Porthcawl: M H Evans 15 Years; P L Missen 24 Years Porthdinllaen: KB Jones 13 Years Portpatrick: C Atkinson 20.5 Years Portrush: D K Chambers 20 Years (C) Red Bay: JFarrell 12.5 Years Redcar: D A Cammish 15 Years RhykT Dunn 12.5 Years; G Hughes 48.5 Years Rosslare: Harbour J E F Wickham 33.5 Years Rye Harbour: M S Haffenden 12 Years; J E Robus 17.5 Years Selsey: M J Grant 38 Years (C); D E Lawrence 34 Years Sennen Cove: F Tregear 40 Years Sheerness: R T J Rogers 15 Years; C J Washford 25.5 Years Shoreham Harbour: R K Grant 33 Years; D Wainwright 30 Years Silloth: J M Graham 19 Years Skegness: M Clark 22.5 Years Skerries: M O'toole 16.5 Years Southend On Sea: P D Gilson 27 Years St Abbs: J Crowe 11.5 Years; L Gibbons 10 Years (Formerly Dungeness) St Catherine: N S Sweeny 21.5 Years St Davids: D J Bateman 35 Years St Helier: J C Gray 20.5 Years (Formerly St Catherine) St Peter Port: J Webster 22 Years Stromness: J M Flett 39 Years (0 The Lizard: I A Hill 47 Years The Mumbles: R Griffiths 9 Years Thurso: D C Mackenzie 10 Years Tighnabruaich: G I Christie 13.5 Years Torbay: R N Foster 16 Years; R Morphett 10 Years Tynemouth: L P Abernethy 11 Years Walton & Frinton: J G Berry 39 Years WestKirby:ASDransfield12.5 Years; M R Jones 21 Years Weston-Super-Mare: C F Nurse 14 Years Whitstable: M A Judge 34.5 Years Wicklow: T Jacob 15 Years Youghal: R Hickey 35 Years Gangway! No, this isn't an overland launch re-enactment, this is Wells' Mersey class lifeboat, Dons M Mann of Ampthill, being taken overland for refit last July.

Malcolm Elvy's rig is often loaded with lifeboats and he always seem to find a way through the trickiest of spots. The picture was taken in Lymington and as usual parked cars made manoeuvring difficult. A Police escort spent some time trying to get some vehicles shifted but Malcom wriggled through with just inches to spare! On Station The following lifeboats have taken up duty: All-weather Larne-Arun 52-15 (ON1067) Hyman Winstone on 11 November 1998 Sennen Cove - Tyne 47- 016ION1121) Norman Salveson on 5 December 1998 Broughty Ferry - Arun 52- 29 (ON 1099) The Joseph Roth well Sykes and Hilda M on 20 January 1999 Inshore St Davids - D543 Saint David-Deni Sam on 9 December 1998 Withernsea - D541 (no name at time of going to press) on 5 January 1999 Clifden - B751 Benjamin Dowing Fairbridge on 12 January 1999.