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The silver Royal National Lifeboat Institute Medal awarded to Chief Boatman E. J. Parker,...

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The silver Royal National Lifeboat Institute Medal awarded to Chief Boatman E. J. Parker, H.M. Coastguard, Mothecombe, South Devon Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr. Edwin Parker. Voted 2nd July 1874.) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £600-£800 --- 14 February 1874: After the French Steamer Aivali was wrecked near Mothecombe, South Devon, her nine man crew was saved by Mr. Parker and his crew in the Coastguard boat. Edwin James Parker was born in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1828. He entered the Royal Navy aged 13 on 20 October 1841 and embarked in H.M. Revenue Cruizer Royal Charlotte as a Boy Second Class on 12 November 1842. He continued to serve in H.M. Revenue Cruizers until 1854 when he embarked in H.M.S. Majestic as a Mariner and was later appointed Captain of the Mast for operations in the Baltic until 1856, for which he received the Baltic Medal 1854-55. Transferred to H.M. Coast Guard Service he was appointed Boatman at Shoeburyness Coast Guard Station on 30 September 1856; subsequently posted to St Mary’s, Scilly, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1865. Appointed Chief Boatman in Charge at Mothecombe in 1873, in the following year he took part in the rescue of the crew from the steamer Aivali at Mothecombe for which he received the Royal National Lifeboat Institute’s Silver Medal. Transferred to Par Green, St Austell he retired to pension on 1 March 1886. Aged 76 and badly afflicted by deafness he was accidentally struck down by a train and died at Par Green on 8 May 1905. Sold with copied service records, copied contemporary newspaper reports, 3 old postcards depicting Mothecombe and the Coast Guard Station, and other research.
The silver Royal National Lifeboat Institute Medal awarded to Chief Boatman E. J. Parker, H.M. Coastguard, Mothecombe, South Devon Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Mr. Edwin Parker. Voted 2nd July 1874.) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £600-£800 --- 14 February 1874: After the French Steamer Aivali was wrecked near Mothecombe, South Devon, her nine man crew was saved by Mr. Parker and his crew in the Coastguard boat. Edwin James Parker was born in Falmouth, Cornwall in 1828. He entered the Royal Navy aged 13 on 20 October 1841 and embarked in H.M. Revenue Cruizer Royal Charlotte as a Boy Second Class on 12 November 1842. He continued to serve in H.M. Revenue Cruizers until 1854 when he embarked in H.M.S. Majestic as a Mariner and was later appointed Captain of the Mast for operations in the Baltic until 1856, for which he received the Baltic Medal 1854-55. Transferred to H.M. Coast Guard Service he was appointed Boatman at Shoeburyness Coast Guard Station on 30 September 1856; subsequently posted to St Mary’s, Scilly, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1865. Appointed Chief Boatman in Charge at Mothecombe in 1873, in the following year he took part in the rescue of the crew from the steamer Aivali at Mothecombe for which he received the Royal National Lifeboat Institute’s Silver Medal. Transferred to Par Green, St Austell he retired to pension on 1 March 1886. Aged 76 and badly afflicted by deafness he was accidentally struck down by a train and died at Par Green on 8 May 1905. Sold with copied service records, copied contemporary newspaper reports, 3 old postcards depicting Mothecombe and the Coast Guard Station, and other research.

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