Life-Boat Days In 1941.
Eight hundred branches held flag days in 1941, and 508 of thsse days collected more than ever before. 9,288,000 people contributed. That is 1,561,000 more than in 1940, and the biggest number who have ever given. The sum raised was £90,253. That is the biggest sum ever raised.
It is £20,759 more than in 1940. It is more than twice as much as in 1939, the last year of peace..