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The exceptional R.N.L.I. Bronze Medal awarded to Crew Member R. R. Brown, Torbay Lifeboat...
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‘All the crew were valiant’
The exceptional R.N.L.I. Bronze Medal awarded to Crew Member R. R. Brown, Torbay Lifeboat Station, for the Gold Medal rescue of the crew of the M.V. Lyrma off Start Point on 6 December 1976; over the course of his service with the Torbay Lifeboat Brown additional received two R.N.L.I. Certificates and a R.N.L.I. Letter of Appreciation for further rescues
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, bronze (Richard R. Brown voted 17th March 1977) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, in embossed case of issue, extremely fine £1,200-£1,600
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6 December 1976: ‘Six miles south-east of Start Point, Devon, the M.V. Lyrma was in trouble with her radar out of action, her steering gear broken down and listing in a southerly gale and huge seas. The Arun class lifeboat Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) slipped her moorings at 1.15 a.m. under command of the Second Coxswain. Attempts to take off the crew by helicopter were abandoned; Second Coxswain Bower closed the casualty’s starboard quarter and four men were taken off in the first five approaches, but the lifeboat was damaged in the next effort. Despite this, two more survivors and the Master were taken off in three more passages and the last two survivors were picked up from a life-raft. The lifeboat reached Torbay at 5 a.m.’ (Lifeboat Gallantry by Barry Cox refers).
For this action Acting Coxswain K W Bower was awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Gold Medal; Crew Member J Dew was awarded an Additional Award Clasp to his existing Bronze Medal; and Mechanic S. J. Bower, Assistant Mechanic W. J. Hunkin, and Crew Members R. R. Brown, N. Davies, and M. Mills were all awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal.
This was the first occasion that the full crew of the Torbay Lifeboat had been recognised with the award of medals, an extremely rare occurrence in modern times.
Richard R. Brown was born circa 1946 and was the Skipper of a Brixham Trawler. A Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat he was awarded his first Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate for the rescue of fourteen persons and a dog from Forest Cove following the wreck of a speedboat on 23 August 1976; John Dew being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His second Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate, also as a Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat, was awarded for the rescue of the crew of six from trawler Fairway in Lyme Bay on 2 December 1978; Arthur L. V. Curnow being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His Letter of appreciation and thanks from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was for service carried out to the trawler Pietje Antje on 14 November 1980.
Sold with copied research, considerable original correspondence with the recipient, contemporary newspapers cuttings, photocopies of his two Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificates and two named original photographic prints of the Torbay Lifeboat Crew (one wearing medals) following presentation.
The exceptional R.N.L.I. Bronze Medal awarded to Crew Member R. R. Brown, Torbay Lifeboat Station, for the Gold Medal rescue of the crew of the M.V. Lyrma off Start Point on 6 December 1976; over the course of his service with the Torbay Lifeboat Brown additional received two R.N.L.I. Certificates and a R.N.L.I. Letter of Appreciation for further rescues
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, bronze (Richard R. Brown voted 17th March 1977) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, in embossed case of issue, extremely fine £1,200-£1,600
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6 December 1976: ‘Six miles south-east of Start Point, Devon, the M.V. Lyrma was in trouble with her radar out of action, her steering gear broken down and listing in a southerly gale and huge seas. The Arun class lifeboat Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) slipped her moorings at 1.15 a.m. under command of the Second Coxswain. Attempts to take off the crew by helicopter were abandoned; Second Coxswain Bower closed the casualty’s starboard quarter and four men were taken off in the first five approaches, but the lifeboat was damaged in the next effort. Despite this, two more survivors and the Master were taken off in three more passages and the last two survivors were picked up from a life-raft. The lifeboat reached Torbay at 5 a.m.’ (Lifeboat Gallantry by Barry Cox refers).
For this action Acting Coxswain K W Bower was awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Gold Medal; Crew Member J Dew was awarded an Additional Award Clasp to his existing Bronze Medal; and Mechanic S. J. Bower, Assistant Mechanic W. J. Hunkin, and Crew Members R. R. Brown, N. Davies, and M. Mills were all awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal.
This was the first occasion that the full crew of the Torbay Lifeboat had been recognised with the award of medals, an extremely rare occurrence in modern times.
Richard R. Brown was born circa 1946 and was the Skipper of a Brixham Trawler. A Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat he was awarded his first Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate for the rescue of fourteen persons and a dog from Forest Cove following the wreck of a speedboat on 23 August 1976; John Dew being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His second Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate, also as a Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat, was awarded for the rescue of the crew of six from trawler Fairway in Lyme Bay on 2 December 1978; Arthur L. V. Curnow being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His Letter of appreciation and thanks from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was for service carried out to the trawler Pietje Antje on 14 November 1980.
Sold with copied research, considerable original correspondence with the recipient, contemporary newspapers cuttings, photocopies of his two Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificates and two named original photographic prints of the Torbay Lifeboat Crew (one wearing medals) following presentation.
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‘All the crew were valiant’
The exceptional R.N.L.I. Bronze Medal awarded to Crew Member R. R. Brown, Torbay Lifeboat Station, for the Gold Medal rescue of the crew of the M.V. Lyrma off Start Point on 6 December 1976; over the course of his service with the Torbay Lifeboat Brown additional received two R.N.L.I. Certificates and a R.N.L.I. Letter of Appreciation for further rescues
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, bronze (Richard R. Brown voted 17th March 1977) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, in embossed case of issue, extremely fine £1,200-£1,600
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6 December 1976: ‘Six miles south-east of Start Point, Devon, the M.V. Lyrma was in trouble with her radar out of action, her steering gear broken down and listing in a southerly gale and huge seas. The Arun class lifeboat Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) slipped her moorings at 1.15 a.m. under command of the Second Coxswain. Attempts to take off the crew by helicopter were abandoned; Second Coxswain Bower closed the casualty’s starboard quarter and four men were taken off in the first five approaches, but the lifeboat was damaged in the next effort. Despite this, two more survivors and the Master were taken off in three more passages and the last two survivors were picked up from a life-raft. The lifeboat reached Torbay at 5 a.m.’ (Lifeboat Gallantry by Barry Cox refers).
For this action Acting Coxswain K W Bower was awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Gold Medal; Crew Member J Dew was awarded an Additional Award Clasp to his existing Bronze Medal; and Mechanic S. J. Bower, Assistant Mechanic W. J. Hunkin, and Crew Members R. R. Brown, N. Davies, and M. Mills were all awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal.
This was the first occasion that the full crew of the Torbay Lifeboat had been recognised with the award of medals, an extremely rare occurrence in modern times.
Richard R. Brown was born circa 1946 and was the Skipper of a Brixham Trawler. A Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat he was awarded his first Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate for the rescue of fourteen persons and a dog from Forest Cove following the wreck of a speedboat on 23 August 1976; John Dew being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His second Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate, also as a Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat, was awarded for the rescue of the crew of six from trawler Fairway in Lyme Bay on 2 December 1978; Arthur L. V. Curnow being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His Letter of appreciation and thanks from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was for service carried out to the trawler Pietje Antje on 14 November 1980.
Sold with copied research, considerable original correspondence with the recipient, contemporary newspapers cuttings, photocopies of his two Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificates and two named original photographic prints of the Torbay Lifeboat Crew (one wearing medals) following presentation.
The exceptional R.N.L.I. Bronze Medal awarded to Crew Member R. R. Brown, Torbay Lifeboat Station, for the Gold Medal rescue of the crew of the M.V. Lyrma off Start Point on 6 December 1976; over the course of his service with the Torbay Lifeboat Brown additional received two R.N.L.I. Certificates and a R.N.L.I. Letter of Appreciation for further rescues
Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Sir William Hillary, bronze (Richard R. Brown voted 17th March 1977) with uniface ‘double dolphin’ suspension, in embossed case of issue, extremely fine £1,200-£1,600
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6 December 1976: ‘Six miles south-east of Start Point, Devon, the M.V. Lyrma was in trouble with her radar out of action, her steering gear broken down and listing in a southerly gale and huge seas. The Arun class lifeboat Edward Bridges (Civil Service No. 37) slipped her moorings at 1.15 a.m. under command of the Second Coxswain. Attempts to take off the crew by helicopter were abandoned; Second Coxswain Bower closed the casualty’s starboard quarter and four men were taken off in the first five approaches, but the lifeboat was damaged in the next effort. Despite this, two more survivors and the Master were taken off in three more passages and the last two survivors were picked up from a life-raft. The lifeboat reached Torbay at 5 a.m.’ (Lifeboat Gallantry by Barry Cox refers).
For this action Acting Coxswain K W Bower was awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Gold Medal; Crew Member J Dew was awarded an Additional Award Clasp to his existing Bronze Medal; and Mechanic S. J. Bower, Assistant Mechanic W. J. Hunkin, and Crew Members R. R. Brown, N. Davies, and M. Mills were all awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal.
This was the first occasion that the full crew of the Torbay Lifeboat had been recognised with the award of medals, an extremely rare occurrence in modern times.
Richard R. Brown was born circa 1946 and was the Skipper of a Brixham Trawler. A Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat he was awarded his first Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate for the rescue of fourteen persons and a dog from Forest Cove following the wreck of a speedboat on 23 August 1976; John Dew being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His second Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificate, also as a Crew Member of Torbay Lifeboat, was awarded for the rescue of the crew of six from trawler Fairway in Lyme Bay on 2 December 1978; Arthur L. V. Curnow being awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Bronze Medal for the same rescue. His Letter of appreciation and thanks from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution was for service carried out to the trawler Pietje Antje on 14 November 1980.
Sold with copied research, considerable original correspondence with the recipient, contemporary newspapers cuttings, photocopies of his two Royal National Lifeboat Institution Certificates and two named original photographic prints of the Torbay Lifeboat Crew (one wearing medals) following presentation.
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