Serving Boat Officers

The official RNLI records of serving boat officers go back to 1898, but these records are sadly incomplete.

Centralised recording the names of volunteer crew members, other than in local files, only goes back into the late 1960s or early ’70s. The information, records and files available in Guernsey are also incomplete but go back to 1865. A search through copies of Returns of Service books and minutes of committee meetings have revealed the following names of persons who have manned the Guernsey lifeboat, and their dates of service or involvement. It is possible that some names are duplicates. The carbon copies of Service Returns are now deteriorating, some are unreadable, as is the handwriting of some of the reporters, which has certainly not improved over the years.

The Comments column contains only the briefest supplementary notes, and should not indicate or imply that further information is unavailable, though of course, that may indeed be the case. Whilst the content is believed correct and every reasonable effort has been taken to ensure accuracy, no guarantee or responsibility for its accuracy is accepted or implied. Should any person be able to correct or amplify any of the information provided in good faith, it will gladly be updated.

Note. ‘Mention In/From’ denotes a known reference only in that year. ‘From’ and ‘To’ indicates a known minimum range of dates.

Last updated 24 April 2021

With thanks to Peter Gill who compiled this list

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Crew	From or In	To	Rank	Other
???? , Louis	1916			First name only, but not Louis Bourke.
Alder, John	1981	Current		Harbour Diver. Carried in absence of sufficient regular crew. (Uncle of Robert)
Alder, Robert	1995		Navigator/crew	QJM. Diver, Electronics Engineer.
Audoire, L	1948	1951	Spare Mechanic	Boat maintenance, mechanic, lived at Bordeaux.
Beauchamp, J	1895
Beauchamp, W	1895			A Boatbuilder.
Bell, Kenneth Edwin	1929	1948		Born 1897, Sapper Ex Royal Engineers
Berryman, Chas	1897
Berryman, F	1895
Berryman, W	1898
Besnard, Paul (Dimmo).	1980			Carried in absence of sufficient regular crew. Harbour staff.
Bewley?, G	1960		Crew
Bichard, A.G.	1912	1916	Second Crew
Bichard, J	1895	1898
Birch, J	1898
Bisson, Carl Peter	1995	Current	Second mechanic 06, Station Mechanic 09.	QJM. Son of Peter.
Bisson, Henry	1949	1963	Carried to act as Ship's Pilot for Casualty.	To Charlotte Schroeder of Hamburg and Gold medal Service to Johann Collett. Pilot.
Bisson, Peter John MBE	1980	1996	2nd Cox from 1984, Cox from 86	Bronze Medal, Bonita, Silver Medal, Sena Sioria. MBE 1996 Bronze Medal Serv.cert. Matam II. Father of Carl. Died 10 April 2011, aged 69.
Blake, Daniel	2005	Current	Deputy second cox from 2013	Builder.
Blanchard, Pierre	2016	current		States workboat 'Sarnia' crew.
Borthwick, R	1966		?	Believed to be RNLI Staff. 24/7/66 only.
Bougourd, John	1865	1879
Bougourd, John Philip. BEM.	1980	2007	Dep cox 1984, Cox from 1996	, LS Badge 2001, Bronze Medal, Bonita QJM, Vellum. Carpenter. Sark Ferry Skipper.
Bougourd, Nick	1980	1981	Crew	Offerd the Cox's position,declined. Skipper of States workboat 'Sarnia'
Bougourd, Peter N	1959	1986	Cox from 84	Bronze Medal, Bonita, vellum. Fisherman, later States Deputy.
Bourgaize, Ronald C.	1953	1957	Mechanic	Emigrated to Canada.
Bourke, Louis J	1916	1929		Sometime between 1912 and 1916 (Age 33)
Brache, -	1861	1865
Brache, Adrian James	1992	2019	Navigator/crew	QJM. Fisherman.
Brouard L.H.	1948
Carre, Dave	1960	1969	Signalman	Died at work in Signal Station.
Carre, Stuart	2017	current	Crew, ILB Mechanic
Clarke, Don				1988 offered to be mechanic.
Cole, Richard William	1928	1936	Crew	Worked Brecqhou and Herm boats with Bert Petit. Stevedore with Loveridge Bros. Lived at Lower Hauteville, died age 62.
Collings, J	1898
Cook, Gary Howard	1987	1996		Vellum
Coombes, John	1915	1930	Cox from 1916	Sometime between 1912 and 1915, Age 49
Crews, W William?	1939		Shore Signalman
Day H.E	1948
Damarell, Fred	1897	1898
De Carteret, Clifford	1916	1923	Acting Cox, Shore Signalman	Sometime between 1912 and 1916
De Carteret, F	1929		Second Cox
De Carteret, Stephen	1916	1918		Sometime between 1912 and 1916
De Carteret, Thos	1897			Fund collection for his widow. (1906)
De Carteret, V	1950	1954	Reserve crew.
De La Mare, George	1912	1916
De Mouilpied, Lloyd	1966	1987	Deputy Cox	Vellum 'Orion'. Harbour Boatman.
Dodsworth, Robert	1987	1992		Harbour maintenance staff.
Dorey, E	1949
Dorey, Peter	1956	1969		On EK.

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