One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History

One Crew: The RNLI's Official 200-Year History
Author: Helen Doe
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2024-02-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 139812236X

This book takes a fresh look at the creation of the Institution, and its early founders and examines how it has responded over 200 years.

HRH The Duke of Kent

HRH The Duke of Kent
Author: Celia Lee
Publisher: Seymour Books
Total Pages: 525
Release: 2015-10-19
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1843963515

His Royal Highness Prince Edward The Duke of Kent KG GCMG GCVO ADC(P), first cousin to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, has devoted his life to the service of his country. Even before he served twenty-one years as a regular soldier in the British Army, he was introduced to this life of service by his widowed mother, HRH Princess Marina, The Duchess of Kent, during an extensive tour of the Far East at the time of his seventeenth birthday.His interest in modern technology, especially computing and engineering, in issues of health, fitness and social welfare, and in the development of the intellect, has seen him become the patron, president or active member of more than one hundred charities and social organisations. His military service, and deep interest in military history, sees him making a particularly important contribution to many military-related organisations - the chief of which must be the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.At the time of his eightieth birthday on October 9, 2015, Prince Edward remains one of the busiest members of the royal family. This book is offered as a tribute to his life of service, and to the myriad organisations, large and small, local, national and international, that make up the fabric of the United Kingdom in the twenty-first century.

Never Turn Back: The RNLI Since the Second World War

Never Turn Back: The RNLI Since the Second World War
Author: Ray Kipling
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 271
Release: 2006-09-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0752495968

The achievements of the RNLI, often romanticised, depend on ordinary people doing extraordinary things. This book tells the story of the last 50 years of the lifeboat service through the words and actions of the people involved. In the period since the Second World War, particularly from the mid-1960s, the RNLI has experienced the most rapid changes in its long history. The transition from conventional to fast lifeboats, the introduction of inshore boats and the expansion into beach rescue and sea safety have all dramatically changed the lifeboat service. Ray and Susannah's narrative draws on their personal and extensive inside knowledge plus first hand accounts of the rescues and the decisions that shaped the changing lifeboat service.

Lifeboats of the Humber

Lifeboats of the Humber
Author: Nicholas Leach
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1445623641

The history of Spurn Point lifeboat station.