RNLI New Brighton Station





1900's

1905 Crew Members Allan Dodd and John Jones, acting as night watchmen, aboard 'The Queen' died from the fumes from a fire they had lit to keep themselves warm.

1923 Crew Member WJ Liversage died as a result of exposure on a lifeboat service. The station's first motor lifeboat William and Kate Johnson was placed on service.

1925 Assistant Mechanic Herbert Harrison drowned after he was thrown out of the boarding boat.


1928 A Silver Medal was awarded to Coxswain George Robinson and Bronze Medals to Crew Members John Nicholson, George Carmody, Ralph Scott, Wilfred Garbutt, Samuel Jones, William Liversage, and John Moore for rescuing 24 men from the steamer Emile Delmas.

1938 A Silver Medal was awarded to Coxswain W Jones and Bronze Medals to Second Coxswain J Nicholson, Mechanic W Garbutt and Second Mechanic J Mason for rescuing three men from the fishing boat Progress and four men from the schooner Loch Ranza Castle that was drifting towards shore on 23 November 1938.

1947 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Second Coxswain W.S. Jones for evacuating the crew of six from a fort in the River Mersey.

1950 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Acting Coxswain William S Jones for rescuing four people from the schooner Happy Harry.

1954 A motor boarding boat was provided for the station from the proceeds of Panto Day, an annual event organised by Liverpool University students; it was named Panto.

1957 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Coxswain George Stonall for rescuing the crew from the coaster J B Kee.

1962 Second Mechanic F.K. Neilson lost his life on 6 March when he fell overboard from the boarding boat white approaching the lifeboat.

1963 A Centenary Vellum was awarded to the station.

1973 The all weather lifeboat was withdrawn from service and the station became an inshore lifeboat (ILB) station. An Atlantic 21 B class lifeboat became operational on 19 May.

1974 Silver Medals were awarded to Coxswain Edward Brown and Crew Member Robin Middleton, and Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum to Crew Members Clifford Downing, Alan Boult and Ian Campbell for rescuing three men from the fishing vessel E.B.H. 1975 The figure of 100,000 people rescued by the RNLI was reached when the ILB rescued a 13-year-old boy from a rubber dinghy. A Framed certificate to mark the occasion was presented by the boy, Stuart Nixon, to the station.

1976 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Helmsman Edward B Brown for a search for the yacht Annalivia.

1982 A Bronze Medal was awarded to Helmsman Edward B Brown and the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum to Crew Member Michael Jones for rescuing two crew from the yacht Ocea.

1988 The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum was awarded to Helmsman Anthony Clare and Framed Letters of Thanks to Crew Members Geoffrey Prince and Anthony Jones for rescuing the three crew from the yacht Samsal on 6 October 1987.

The crew were also awarded the Ralph Glister Award for the most meritorious service carried out in a lifeboat under 10 metres in 1987.

1990 A new boathouse was built for the Atlantic 21 lifeboat and launching tractor and also provided a souvenir sales outlet and improved crew facilities.

1994 The following awards were made after a car had plunged through the railings at Egremont: Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum to Crew Members Michael Jones and Tony Clare; Framed Letters of Thanks to Crew Members Neil Jones and Barry Shillmglaw and Shore Helper Tony Jones.

1995 For landing and resuscitating an unconscious man in rough seas the following awards were made: The Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum to Helmsman Michael Jones; Framed Letters of Thanks to Crew Members Howard Jones, Neil Jones and Michael Haxby, and the crew of the private rescue service boat County Rescue, Richard Finlay and John Goodwin.

1996 An Atlantic 75 lifeboat, B-721 Rock Light, named after the lighthouse at the entrance to the River Mersey, was placed on service on 9 January.

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