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The RNLB Watkins Williams lifeboat which served in Moelfre from 1956 to 1977, before serving at Oban, Argyllshire. During her service life, she was launched 154 times, saving 143 lives. Circa 1975
Members of the crew pose in from of the lifeboat Caroline Oates Aver and William Maine as the Ferryside station prepares to be closed down at the end of the month. In the background is the Hon
The Mayor of Carmarthen (Mr. W. D. Jones) accompanied by the Deputy Mayor (Mr. M. E. Clifford Jones), the Borough Sheriff (Alderman John Jenkins), and the Town Clerk (Mr. David Myrddin Thomas)
Barry lifeboat member Hugh Davies. 19th January 1998
Barry lifeboat member Daniel Brown. 19th January 1998
RNLI lifeboat at sea. Circa 1990s
Aftermath of a V2 rocket attack on Kew, London. Workmen search the bottom of a crater after the attack. 12th September 1944
Sgt. Daniel Hochstatter is rescued by a British Air / Sea rescue launch after his PBYSgt. Daniel Hochstatter is rescued by a British Air/Sea rescue launch after his PBY Catalina was shot down. April 1945
Cardiff, Wales, during The Blitz in World War Two. The Cardiff Blitz refers to the bombing of Cardiff, Wales during World War II
German Uboat U744 seen being captured after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges from HMS Icarus, and the following ships of the Canadian Escort Group; HMCS St
The new Air Sea Rescue boat. The RAF vessel 2558. Location unknown. Picture taken 12th July 1943
Survivors of a downed Wellington pictured just before their rescue in the Bay of Biscay. They are rescued by a Sunderland of RAF Coastal Command. 27th August 1944
The salvage operation of HMS Gipsy. East coast of Britain, near Harwich, Essex. November 1939. HMS Gipsy was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s
Royal Air Force Marine Branch 67-ft Thornycroft High Speed Launch HSL 2586 seen here being put through her speed trials. 15th May 1943
Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship. It is docked in The Channel Islands (exactly where is unknown, though see end of caption for details on it being in St Helier)
R A O C men learning the recovering of capsizes tanks at a Midlands training centre. England. The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army
Picture shows the Alsatian named Beast, who saved his family from death as flames ripped through their home. Ian and Sheila McCutcheon were asleep in their Gateshead home when Beast began whining
RAF Westland Whirlwind search and rescue helicopters queueing to land at the RAF Fylingdales construction site to take off personnel trapped by heavy snow falls. 15th January 1963
A newly operational RAF search and rescue Sea King helicopter from 202 Squadron A Flight based at RAF Boulmer takes part in exercise at Dunstanburgh Castle
Two RAF Westland Whirlwind helicopters at RAF Boulmer. The aircraft in the foreground is a search and rescue helicopter. 24/10/1974
Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters at RAF Boulmer. 06 / 02 / 1979Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters at RAF Boulmer. 06/02/1979
WW2 Bomb Damage in Ashford in Kent 24th March 1943
Bomb damage in Fulham London during WW2
Rescue of Rebel Fair Cygnet: Show jumper Rebel Fair Cygnet got stuck in a 12ft.-deep hole yesterday (Sunday 7-8-66). And it took thirty people, two fire engines, two farm tractors
Cullercoats lifeboat safely tied up near the trawlers at the fish quay North Shields. They are the Vanwyke Whitby (Boat number WY-30) and the Isaac and Mary Bolton
Berwick lifeboat, which covers the area of Berwick on Tweed, Northumberland, and East Lothian. Pictures taken 24th March 1993
The Cullercoats Zociac lifeboat and crew (left to right) Dave Ankers, Angus Fergusson, Ean Nash, Les Sneddon, Robert Oliver and Daniel Smiles
The Sunday Sun Lifeboat D. 228 stationed at Craster, NorthumberlandThe Sunday Sun Lifeboat D.228 stationed at Craster, Northumberland. Pictured here is Lifeboat Secretary Bill Robson. Picture 28th May 1975
Collection boxes for the RNLI are painted at the Borehamwood depot. Picture taken circa 1st April 1958
A swimmer is hauled to safety near Morpeth, Tyne and Wear. Picture taken 3rd August 1981
Newcastle lifeboat at the dock. On the right is the George and Olive Turner lifeboat, which was launched on 30th June 1980. Boat number 52-13 Picture taken 9th July 1984
An Atlantic 21 class inshore boat named Kirklees is put through trials at Newbiggin. 13th February 1982
A new self righting lifeboat is put through trials at Tynemouth Lifeboat station. Tyne and Wear. Picture taken 12th June 1958
An RNLI inshore lifeboat. Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Boat number 0-280 Picture taken 9th July 1984
An inshore lifeboat. Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. Picture taken 25th May 1998
The naming ceremony of the lifeboat Tynesider at North Shields fish quay. Picture taken 8th December 1949
Cullercoats inshore boat. Dinghy. Boat numbering is D-229. Picture taken 9th June 1981
Caister-on-Sea lifeboat. 2nd April 1940
Over 40 years ago, when Mrs Joyce Giddins, now aged 62, was close to death suffering from a perforated ulcer, surgeon Mr. Vincent Nesfield saved her life. Mrs
The Tynemouth lifeboat. George and Olive Turner Number 52-13 pictured on The Tyne, Tyne and Wear. Picture taken circa 30th June 1980
The Teesmouth lifeboat ties up at Middlesbrough dock after a Polish trawler rejected its offer of assistance. Picture taken 30th November 1969
Mr. Jack Watson, a permanent RNLI mechanic, with the Tynesider lifeboat. The Tynesider, launched 1947, is the oldest Lifeboat in regular service at an RNLI station, but is bowing out soon
Cullercoats lifeboat Westmorland launched for a practice run and to assist in the search for the missing Sunderland yawl (type of sailing boat)
The Tynemouth lifeboat George and Olive Turner on the Tyne River, Tyne and Wear. The boat was launched 30th June 1980. Picture taken 9th July 1984
The Tynemouth lifeboat George and Olive Turner gives a demonstration. The boat was launched 30th June 1980. Picture taken 25th May 1987
The George Elmy lifeboat launches on a trial run. 1st June 1950 The boat sank as it returned home to Seaham, on Saturday 17th November 1962
The crew of the Teesmouth lifeboat assemble on deck during a practice trip. **The picture has some paint on it** Picture taken 22nd March 1959
Twenty women launch the RNLB Charles Cooper Henderson" at Dungeness lifeboat station, Kent to rescue an RAF pilot who came down in the English Channel when their husbands were away fishing
