Post by Administrator on Mar 3, 2022 16:45:26 GMT
As a token of thanks, 4,500 volunteers & frontline staff are to be awarded a special commemorative Platinum Jubilee medal in recognition of the 69,212 lives the charity has saved during Her Majesty’s 70-year reign.
When Princess Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, she also became patron of the RNLI, continuing a lifesaving legacy left by the charity’s first patron King George IV. The new commemorative medal has been created to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, continuing a tradition of using medals to mark The Queen’s Jubilees.
‘It is a testament to the selflessness and dependability of our people that many have served the RNLI long enough to have been awarded all four Jubilee medals. My congratulations and thanks go to all the recipients and our thousands of other volunteers and staff who work tirelessly to deliver our essential lifesaving services' (Mark Dowie, RNLI Chief Executive).
RNLI
When Princess Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, she also became patron of the RNLI, continuing a lifesaving legacy left by the charity’s first patron King George IV. The new commemorative medal has been created to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, continuing a tradition of using medals to mark The Queen’s Jubilees.
‘It is a testament to the selflessness and dependability of our people that many have served the RNLI long enough to have been awarded all four Jubilee medals. My congratulations and thanks go to all the recipients and our thousands of other volunteers and staff who work tirelessly to deliver our essential lifesaving services' (Mark Dowie, RNLI Chief Executive).
RNLI