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Valerie Lesley Phipps

Val (Mum) would be delighted to know that her name lives on with the RNLI and that she is helping to save lives at sea. She loved the sea but knew it’s perils too. Her father, Leslie Bawler, was a Royal Navy Officer and was bosun on the Moyana on its return to the UK after it won the 1st Tall Ships Race in 1956. During a fierce storm it took on water and sadly sank. Thankfully all lives on board where saved.