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If your ancestor volunteered to save lives at sea, follow Judith Batchelor’s advice to…
Henry Freeman was paid a pension of £12 after retiring as Coxswain Superintendent
In celebration of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution’s (RNLI) 200th anniversary, Ancestry has made records dating from 1824 to 1989 available for free atwww.snipca.com/53222. Some of the most interesting records are the medals and awards given to lifeboatmen. Ancestry’s medal books include the name and rank of an individual, as well as details of the incident that led to an award.