Selsey Lifeboat Lucy Newbon in service 1896 - 1919     postcard contributed by Anderson Collection   enlarge ref- 129

Selsey Lifeboat Lucy Newbon c.1909     postcard contributed by Anderson Collection   enlarge ref- 170

Selsey Lifeboat Lucy Newbon March 1913 Returning from the call   postcard in house archive 9   enlarge ref- 259

Selsey Lifeboat c.1959-61     postcard posted 1961 in house archive 9   enlarge ref- 215

Selsey Lifeboat Station c.1950s     postcard contributed by Andrew Howard Collection   enlarge ref- 205

Selsey Lifeboat Station c.1958-60     postcard posted 1964 archive 9   enlarge ref- 132

Selsey Lifeboat c.1960s-70     postcard Anderson collection   ref- 131

Selsey Lifeboat c.1976     postcard posted June 1976 Chichester courtesy- G.Kemp     ref- 133

Selsey William Arnell, Honest Bill November 2002     photograph by Phil Dixon   enlarge ref- 270 continued

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In 1950 the Maud Smith Award, for the bravest act of lifesaving was awarded to Crew Member William Arnell, who dived from a lifeboat into rough seas to rescue a drowning man thrown from a capsized boat.
'Honest Bill' was one of Selsey's better known characters and very well known by visitors for his shellfish shop near the beach. He died in October 2006 in his 90's.