FAREWELL TO FRANK

This issue we are saying goodbye to some well-loved and dedicated RNLI people – including a man who helped us to understand the effects of cold water shock

Surgeon Rear Admiral Frank Golden OBE PhD, passed away in January 2014 aged 77.

Frank was instrumental in the RNLI’s research into immersion, hypothermia and cold water shock: work that now forms part of the RNLI’s Respect the Water campaign. Surprisingly, Frank hated being in the water.

Following a short period as a doctor, he served with the Royal Navy before becoming a consultant in Applied Physiology at the University of Surrey. From 1994 to 2006 he chaired the RNLI’s Medical and Survival Committee and was awarded the OBE in 1981.

He leaves a considerable legacy of knowledge to the RNLI that will live on for many years to come.

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Brian Akitt – February 2014
Former Deputy Launching Authority and Lifeboat Training Coordinator, Silloth Lifeboat Station

Steve Baker – April 2014
Former Crew Member, Exmouth Lifeboat Station

Peter Cheney – January 2014
Chairman of the Lifeboat Management Group, former Honorary Secretary and Deputy Launching Authority, Littlehampton Lifeboat Station

Robert Corran MBE – February 2014
Former Coxswain, Douglas Lifeboat Station

William Craigie – December 2013
Former station Honorary Secretary, Stromness Lifeboat Station

Eric Davies BEM –March 2014
Chairman of the Lifeboat Management Group, Rhyl Lifeboat Station

Bill Gibson – March 2014
President, Appledore Lifeboat Station

Walter Ironside – April 2014
Lifeboat Operations Manager, Fraserburgh Lifeboat Station

Chris Jeffries – May 2014
Crew Member and Helmsman, The Mumbles Lifeboat Station

Naqi Khan – August 2013
Former Draughtsman, RNLI Headquarters, Poole

Betty Laker – April 2014
Volunteer at the RNLI Historic Lifeboat Collection, The Historic Dockyard, Chatham

Ian Macnaughton – April 2014
Former Assistant Mechanic, Mallaig Lifeboat Station

Derrick Mallett – February 2014
Former Payroll Administrator, RNLI Headquarters, Poole

Norman Mounsdon – November 2013
Former Inspector of Machinery

Len Nash – December 2013
Divisional Maintenance Manager, Scotland

Dr Fred Nicoll – December 2013
Former Lifeboat Medical Adviser, Eyemouth Lifeboat Station

Mike Storey – July 2014
Former Staff Coxswain and Crew Member, Humber Lifeboat Station

Sir Michael Vernon – January 2014
Former Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Committee Member of the RNLI, 1963–2014

Noel Wight – May 2014
Former Coxswain/Mechanic, Dunbar Lifeboat Station

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The RNLI Family association
Former lifeboat volunteers, and RNLI staff, have their own association. If you have 5 or more years’ service with the charity and are interested in joining the association, please contact Helen McHugh, the Family association Secretary at: [email protected] or write to her care of RNLI, West Quay Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1HZ.