BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON Dec. 2ND. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK.

At 12.14 in the morning a message from the coastguard reached the lifeboat station of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston that a vessel was making signals of distress from the ScrobySands. A fresh and increasing wind was blowing from the south.

The life-boat Louise Stephens put out at once and found H.M. trawler Resolvo, with a crew of ten, on the east side of the sand bank. The water on the bank was too shallow for the life-boat to be able to cross it, so she went northwards until she found deeper water, and then approached the trawler from the east.

The seas on the sand were very heavy, and were breaking over the trawler. The life-boat anchored and dropped down towards her through these heavy breaking seas. The coxswain handled her very skilfully and brought her safely alongside the wreck, but her stem and stern fenders were both damaged against it and so shallow was the water that the life-boat struck the sands several times. The ten men of the trawler were ready, in their lifebelts, on the top of the engine-casing, and as the life-boat came alongside they jumped aboard. They were very wet and cold and were made as comfortable as possible in the cabin.

The life-boat made her way northwards and round the sands again and landed the men, returning to her station at six in the morning.

It was a service in which very fine seamanship was shown, and it was only the skill of the coxswain which saved the life-boat from being much more severely damaged.

The Institution made the following awards : To COXSWAIN CHARLES A. JOHNSON, a second clasp to his bronze medal for gallantry, and a copy of the vote inscribed on vellum ; To PERCY JAMES, travelling motor mechanic, who was in charge of the engines, the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum ; To the coxswain and each member of the crew a reward of £1 in addition to the reward of £1 17s. 6d. on the standard scale. Standard rewards to crew and launchers, £19 16s. 6d. ; additional rewards to crew, £10 ; total rewards, £29 16s. 6d..