HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOY MATT 85 20 JANUARY 2009

we would like to wish matt a very happy 85 th birthday 20 january 2009

e mail scillycam@gmail.com thank you Francis

Matt Lethbridge, lifeboat Cox 1st july 1956 retired 20 january 1985 39 yrs in service 29 as cox

Header pic left to right
D Woodcock,P Woodcock,A jenkins,Tim Richards,H leighbridge,Boy Matt (cox) Doc Bell, R Terry,R Duncan ,G Simmons,W Phillips,(Harbour Master)
Front Row, B Burrow ,R Leithbridge,R Guy,Doc Mills

Saturday 16 May 2009

ex-R.N.L.B. The Guy and Clare Hunter
Launched from St Mary's in the Scillies with Matt Lethbridge as Coxswain. While storms are rare in August, the one which struck in 1979 was of unusual ferocity.
Had it not been for the superb efforts of the rescue services in both tragedies, loss of life could have been far higher.
By the time the race was over, fifteen people had died, twenty-four crews had abandoned ship, five yachts had sunk, courtesy Quinton Nelson' owner

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