2014
SW5140 : HMS Wave rescue plaque, St Ives, Cornwall
taken 10 years ago, near to St Ives, Cornwall, England
HMS Wave rescue plaque, St Ives, Cornwall
"On 30th September 1952 St Ives townspeople rescued sixty-two crew members here by breeches buoy. For his courage during the successful salvage operation, local Pilot Richard Daniel Paynter was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct."
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