On 24th. October, 1945, the St. Ives life-boat went to the help of the ketch "Minnie Flossie", of Bideford, and found her right in the surf with a man and woman clinging to her. The coxswain could see that there was not a moment to lose. He drove the life-boat straight at ber, and the man and woman were dragged into the life-boat. The rescue had taken less than five minutes, and as the life-boat turned away a heavy sea came in and sank the ketch. The Institution has awarded its silver medal to Coxswain William Peters and vellums to the crew..