RNLI Letter of thanks to the women of Holy Island who helped during the rescue of the trawler “James B Graham” in 1922

Letter from the RNLI to Sarah Walker thanking the women of Holy Island who helped to launch the lifeboat on January 15th 1922. In a fierce snowstorm they waded into the sea to help the boat across soft mud. With their help the 9-man crew of the trawler  “James B Graham” of Hartlepool was rescued, making a total of 206 lives saved by the Holy Island lifeboats. Tribute is paid to “the women of our maritime race”