Members of Falmouth lifeboat station recently received Queen's Platinum Jubilee medals.

Recipients included the crew, management team, and shore-based volunteers who have completed more than five years of service for the RNLI.

Across the RNLI, 4,500 volunteers and frontline staff have been awarded the special commemorative Platinum Jubilee medal in recognition of the 69,212 lives the charity has saved during Her Majesty's 70-year reign.

RNLI Chief Executive Mark Dowie said:

"I am delighted to see so many RNLI volunteers and staff being recognised by this prestigious award alongside other frontline members of the emergency services, prison services, and the Armed Forces. The Platinum Jubilee medal follows a long history of awarding medals to mark Royal Jubilee celebrations, and this is the fourth medal under Her Majesty The Queen's reign.

"It is a testament to the selflessness and dependability of our people that many have served the RNLI long enough to have been awarded all four Jubilee medals. My congratulations and thanks go to all the recipients and our thousands of other volunteers and staff who work tirelessly to deliver our essential lifesaving services in our mission to save everyone."

When Princess Elizabeth became Queen in 1952, she also became patron of the RNLI, continuing a lifesaving legacy left by the charity's first patron King George IV. Throughout her 70-year reign, Her Majesty has officially recognised the efforts made by hundreds of RNLI volunteers towards saving lives at sea in her twice-yearly honours lists.

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