Book Description
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.
Author : Helen Doe
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 2024-02-15
Category : 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.
Author : Celia Lee
Publisher : Seymour Books
Page : 525 pages
File Size : 11,13 MB
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : 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.
Author : The RNLI
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 38,87 MB
Release : 2020-06-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0008390134
‘There’s water in the engine,’ he said. ‘The engine has stopped.’ This changed everything...
Author : Ian Thompson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 24,70 MB
Release : 2020-02-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445693070
Explore the Yorkshire town of Whitby in this fully illustrated A-Z guide to its history, people and places.
Author : Ray Kipling
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : 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.
Author : Sue Hennessy
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 2010-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752454436
Hidden depths
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 39,90 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Art museums
ISBN :
Author : Alan Salsbury
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 18,88 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Lifeboat service
ISBN : 9781841142753
Author : Barry Cox
Publisher :
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,70 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Decorations of honor
ISBN : 9780907605898
Author : Damien Tiernan
Publisher : Hachette Books Ireland
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 22,1 MB
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1444743937
In January 2007, within the space of only six days, three large fishing boats - the Pere Charles, the Honey Dew II and the Renegade - capsized and sank off the south east coast of Ireland. There were eleven crewmen on board the three vessels. In a tragic week, seven fishermen lost their lives in storm-force winds and waves. In Souls of the Sea, Damien Tiernan gets to the heart of the tragedy that stunned Ireland and made headlines around the world. He talks to the families of those who drowned, as well as to the survivors from the sunken boats; to the rescue crews and weather forecasters, and to the ordinary people who turned out in their hundreds to search the shoreline for clues as to what happened. A vivid picture emerges of brave and resourceful men and women who continue to forge unique communities in the face of adversity. Souls of the Sea is a memorial to the seven men who were lost.