Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West @abbeyboatbuilder The Guide of Dunkirk was built in the 1940s A boat builder from Devon is set to restore a vessel which helped evacuate thousands of soldiers from Dunkirk. From 26 May to 4 June 1940, hundreds of vessels sailed through heavy enemy fire to rescue more than 338,000...
BBC The RNLI has reflected on the role it played during the war as the country marks 80 years since Victory in Europe, or VE Day The last lifeboat launch of World War Two in the UK happened in Devon, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has said. The RNLI has reflected on the role...
A man in shock with a head injury in the sea was helped by a surfer until an inshore lifeboat crew reached them off a north Devon beach on Friday. RNLI Appledore said it had responded to “a significant emergency” about 45m (50 yards) off the north end of Saunton Sands at about 16:15 BST...
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West RNLI / Darren Blight Mr Gibson attended “hundreds of shouts” during his time with the RNLI A Plymouth-based volunteer is stepping down from the RNLI after 20 years. Richard Gibson joined Plymouth Lifeboat Station in 2004, aged 29, and said it “was one of the best decisions” he ever...