RNLI Lifeboat Woman Awarded Gallantry Medal

RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry winner Aileen Jones, also seen at the helm of the Porthcawl lifeboat.

The RNLI has announced that Porthcawl helmsman Aileen Jones is to be awarded the Institution''s Bronze Medal for Gallantry for her part in the rescue of two fishermen on August 24, 2004. Aileen is the first lifeboat woman in 116 years to be given such an accolade, the last medal ...

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