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Mudeford RNLI volunteers receive the King's Coronation Medal

Lifeboats News Release

At 11.00am on Sunday 17th November, members of the volunteer RNLI crew and their families gathered at Mudeford Lifeboat Station to be awarded the King’s Coronation Medal. Also recognised at the event were crew members who had reached 10 years’ service with the station.

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Mudeford RNLI crew sporting their new medals at Mudeford Lifeboat Station

The medals were presented by Mudeford RNLI President, Andy Russell, whose own RNLI career started in 1963 when the station began operations.

Mudeford RNLI Lifeboat Operations Managers, Tim Hewett and Steve Doe opened the event. Tim explained, “The King’s Coronation Medal is being presented to our lifeboat volunteers with five years of service at the time of the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla on 6 May 2023. The UK has issued over 400,000 coronation medals to individuals, including armed forces personnel, prison staff and frontline emergency workers.’

Steve continued, ‘We also wanted to take the opportunity at this special event to recognise those volunteers who had achieved 10 years’ service with the station.’

One of the crew to receive the King’s Coronation Medal, Neil Siebrits, said, ‘It was a very proud moment for me to receive this prestigious award with my fellow crew members. Having our families present at the ceremony made it an extra special occasion.’

The Mudeford Servant lifeboat has launched 74 times this year so far and launched 85 times in 2023.

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