Post by Administrator on Nov 15, 2021 17:14:21 GMT
During WW1 and WW2, our volunteer lifeboat crews completed hundreds of rescue missions, often in extremely dangerous conditions - saving thousands of lives in the process.
One of the most notable and courageous was that to the torpedoed frigate Chebogue in 1944 by the crew of the Mumbles lifeboat for which Coxswain William Gammon was awarded the Gold Medal for Gallantry, with Second Coxswain Tom Ace and Mechanic Gilbert Davies receiving the Bronze Medal.
In 70-knot winds and huge seas, the lifeboat crew, with an average age of 55 and two crew members over 60 and two more over 70, saved all 42 aboard the Chebogue.
In the report of this rescue, the Naval Commander at Swansea wrote: ‘The commanding officer and all his men were unanimous in their admiration of the splendid way in which the lifeboat was handled by Coxswain Gammon and say that the whole crew were magnificent.’
It is just one of many remarkable stories from the Second World War, which you can read more about on our website:
LINK
Today on Remembrance Sunday we remember the 20 volunteer lifeboat crew who lost their lives during the World Wars and the many more who risked theirs to save others.
RNLI
One of the most notable and courageous was that to the torpedoed frigate Chebogue in 1944 by the crew of the Mumbles lifeboat for which Coxswain William Gammon was awarded the Gold Medal for Gallantry, with Second Coxswain Tom Ace and Mechanic Gilbert Davies receiving the Bronze Medal.
In 70-knot winds and huge seas, the lifeboat crew, with an average age of 55 and two crew members over 60 and two more over 70, saved all 42 aboard the Chebogue.
In the report of this rescue, the Naval Commander at Swansea wrote: ‘The commanding officer and all his men were unanimous in their admiration of the splendid way in which the lifeboat was handled by Coxswain Gammon and say that the whole crew were magnificent.’
It is just one of many remarkable stories from the Second World War, which you can read more about on our website:
LINK
Today on Remembrance Sunday we remember the 20 volunteer lifeboat crew who lost their lives during the World Wars and the many more who risked theirs to save others.
RNLI