Medal recalls bravery of Kent lifeboatman

A silver medal awarded to a lifeboatman who rescued sailors from a sinking ship in hurricane-force winds off the Kent coast in 1891 is to be sold at Canterbury Auction Galleries.

Albert Moore was awarded the Folkestone, Hythe and Sandgate medal for the rescue of the crew of the …

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