RNLI’s Walter Crowther

From the collection of

Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

RNLI’s Walter Crowther

The Box
Plymouth
1962-02-26
Mute

Walter Crowther of Plymouth is recognised by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and presented with a certificate for long service and a mantel clock. Walter Crowther served as coxswain from 1939 to 1961 and received a bronze medal in 1942 for rescuing two airmen from a Royal Australian Air Force Sunderland Flying boat after it drifted onto rocks in Jennycliffe Bay.

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