LIVERPOOL SHIPWRECK & HUMANE SOCIETY

The Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society makes honorary awards of medals, parchments, certificates and letters of commendation to people who voluntarily put their own lives or safety at risk by saving or attempting to save other people who are in danger in cases of shipwreck, drowning, fire or any other hazards. The Society also encourages the teaching of swimming and life-saving techniques to local schoolchildren to whom it awards medals, certificates and embroidered costume badges where a suitable level of proficiency is shown.

Since the Society was first formed in 1839 continues.....