Seven Lifeboat "V.C."s Receive Medals For Gallantry from Duchess of Kent - The Duchess of Kent, President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution presenting the Gold Medal to Coxswain John Boyle of Arranmore, in the Central Hall, Westminster, London. Among the seven lifeboat coxswains to be presented with medals for conspicuous gallantry by the Duchess of Kent, President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, at the Central Hall, Westminster, London, was Coxswain John Boyle, of Arranmore. He was awarded the Gold Medal for saving 18 lives from the Dutch steamer "Stolwijk" in 1940, during a gale in the Atlantic. He was awarded the Dutch Medal for the same services. October 25, 1945. (Photo by Planet News)