
1. Frank Reed speaking when the Duke of Kent opened the new West Mersea Lifeboat house. Frank is Honorary Secretary of Mersea RNLI. The Duke is President of the ... Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_011 |

2. The Duke of Kent opening the new West Mersea Lifeboat house.
L-R, Wally Daniels, Geoff Pearce, Peter Smith, Stuart Belbin, Frank Reed (Hon. Sec.), Leroy ... Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_033 |

3. The Duke of Kent opening the new West Mersea Lifeboat house. Press man interviewing Peter Clarke. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_035 |

4. The Duke of Kent opening the new West Mersea Lifeboat house.
L-R, Stuart Belbin, Peter Smith, Geoff Pearce, Duke of Kent, Peter Clarke. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_037 |

5. The Duke of Kent opening the new West Mersea Lifeboat house.
1. Richard Taylor, 2. Stuart Belbin, 3. Peter Clarke, 4. Howard Hill, 5. Peter Smith, 6. Doug ... Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_047 |

6. The Duke of Kent opening the new West Mersea Lifeboat house.
1. Richard Taylor, 2. Stuart Belbin, 3. Peter Clarke, 4. Howard Hill, 5. Peter Smith, 6. Doug ... Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_049 |

7. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Frank Reed, then Honorary Secretary (nowadays called Operations Manager), and latterly Chairman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_051 |

8. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Doug Seaden, launcher. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_053 |

9. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - the late Diggle Haward, prime-mover in the Station's founding crew as Hon. Sec.; here President. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_055 |

10. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Howard Hill, launcher. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_057 |

11. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Peter Clarke, founding crew member and helmsman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_059 |

12. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - the late John Frost, helmsman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_061 |

13. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Terence Smith, helmsman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_063 |

14. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Geoff Watts, launcher. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_065 |

15. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - ? Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_067 |

16. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Peter Smith, helmsman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_069 |

17. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Matthew Haward, helmsman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_071 |

18. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Wall Daniels, crew, latterly helmsman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_073 |

19. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Giles Wade. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_075 |

20. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Geoff Pearce, crew, latterly helmsman. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_077 |

21. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Leroy Coppin, senior launcher. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_079 |

22. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening - Diggle Haward. Date: 10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_091 |

23. West Mersea Lifeboat new boathouse opening.
Geoff Watts (launcher), Matthew Haward (helmsman), Giles Wade (launching crew), and Geoff Pearce (crew), ... Date: c10 September 1992 Image ID RNLI_TS5_095 |

24. West Mersea Lifeboat house, Wyatt's slipway and the causeway. Date: c1993 Image ID RNLI_TS5_231 |

25. West Mersea Lifeboat ALEXANDER DUCKHAM on the old Lifeboat Shed slipway.
L-R crew member Len Broadhurst assisting launch, crew on board - helmsman Brian ... Date: c1985 Image ID RNLI_TS5_245 |

26. West Mersea Lifeboat pictures. Exercise with Essex Police boat ALERT III. Image ID RNLI_TS5_401 |

27. Geoff Pearce supervising Wessex Helicopter Winchman practising "sitting on the other side of the fence" at the helm of the lifeboat.
West Mersea Lifeboat ... Date: After June 1991 Image ID RNLI_TS5_435 |

28. West Mersea Lifeboat pictures - RAF Westland Wessex helicopter and laid up ship CONTENDER BEZANT. Date: c1984 Image ID RNLI_TS5_471 |

29. West Mersea Lifeboat B-529 ALEXANDER DUCKHAM.
L-R, Clive Pickering, Richard Taylor, William Baker.
In the background is the laid up KITTY - an oil rig ... Date: c1987 Image ID RNLI_TS5_511 |

30. West Mersea Lifeboat exercise off Kingsland Beach. RAF Wessex XT680. This helicopter was sold to New Zealand in 2004 and in 2011 was said to be in store, ... Date: 1980s Image ID RNLI_TS5_531 |