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Wells Lifeboat

Lifeboat Crew

Nicky King

Nicky King
Coxswain
Mechanic
 

Mark Frary

Mark Frary
Second Coxswain
Mechanic
Senior ILB Helmsman

Martin Emerson

Martin Emerson
Deputy 2nd Coxswain
Mechanic
ILB Helmsman

Fred Whitaker

Fred Whitaker
ALB Crew

Kevin Parr

Kevin Parr
ALB Crew
ILB Helmsman
 

Max Phillips

Max Phillips
ALB Navigator
Mechanic
 

James Betteridge

James Betteridge
ALB Navigator
Mechanic
ILB Helmsman

Ross Fulford

Ross Fulford
ALB Crew
ILB Helmsman
 

Martin Few

Martin Few
ALB Crew

James Parr

James Parr
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
 

Ed Burton

Ed Burton
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
 

Simon Parkes

Simon Parkes
ALB Navigator
ILB Helmsman
 

Mandy Humphreys

Mandy Humphreys
ALB Navigator
ILB Crew
 

Gary Yarham

Gary Yarham
ALB Navigator
ILB Helmsman
 

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Chris Thomson
ALB Crew

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Will Richardson
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
 

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Harvey Gunhouse
ALB Crew

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Richard Brazier
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
 

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Andy Long
ALB Crew
ILB Crew
 

Launchers and shore crew

Nicky Beck

Nicky Beck
Head Launcher
SLRS driver
 

Kent Cooper

Kent Cooper
Assistant Tractor Driver

Ray West

Ray West
Head Launcher
SLRS Driver
Softrak Driver
Softrak Maintainer

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Harvey Gunhouse
Head Launcher
SLRS Driver
 

Eric Hart

Eric Hart
Launcher

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James Isaac
Launcher

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Paul Spiers
Head Launcher
SLRS Driver
 

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John Tomlinson
Launcher

Station Officers and other personnel

Chris Hardy

Chris Hardy
Lifeboat Operations Manager (LOM)

Peter Rainsford

Peter Rainsford
Chairman
Deputy Launching Authority (DLA)
 

Greg Hewitt

Greg Hewitt
Deputy Launching Authorty (DLA)
Lifeboat Training Co-ordinator
(Retd ALB and ILB crew)

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Neil Woodruff
Station Chaplain

Lorraine Cracknell

Lorraine Cracknell
Lifeboat Treasurer

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Jessica Curtis
Lifeboat Press Officer

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Dr Gordon McAnsh
Lifeboat Medical Adviser (LMA)

Dr Charles Ebrill

Dr Charles Ebrill
Events Assistant
(rtrd LMA)
 

Wells RNLI 200th Anniversary events

Celebrating 200 years

The RNLI is 200 years old this year and the anniversary is being marked nationally and by lifeboat crews and stations around the UK. In Wells, we held a series of events and an exhibition in Wells Maltings in March and we'll be flying the RNLI 200 flag throughout the year.
Wells RNLI 200th Lifeboat Horse scuplture
Lifeboat Horse marking 200 years in the quay

Shannon lifeboat
and boathouse build

New boathouse build

Wells RNLI is now operating from the new building. See the boathouse build pages for the story of how the new station was built.

Our new Shannon lifeboat was funded in part with a station appeal for £250,000 in 2014-15 and also by the Civil Service charity The Lifeboat Fund with its 150th Anniversary Appeal. We are hugely grateful to everyone who has donated, fund-raised, helped and supported us both locally and across the UK and further afield.

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