Two generations of Exmouth RNLI crew have been thanked by the same family for their rescue skills some 26 years apart. Janet Dawkins, from Bristol, recently thanked inshore lifeboat helm Henry Mock for his help rescuing her when she dislocated her hip at Easter, sitting on a rock at Dawlish Warren; the praise came 26 years after Janet’s partner, Nick Clayton, was rescued by Henry’s father – retired Exmouth RNLI coxswain, Tim Mock. Nick was rescued in 1993 by Exmouth lifeboat Brede class Caroline Finch. I discovered that helm, Henry Mock’s father, Tim, was on that service, so I could…
