HC Deb 26 May 1856 vol 142 c632
MR. PALK

said, he wished to ask the right hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Admiralty whether the gallant conduct of Commander Norcock, inspecting commander of the Fowey district, and two coast guardsmen, named William Pappin and Charles Henwood, and a man of the name of Johns, son of a Fowey pilot, in conducting the descent of a boat down a cliff 200 feet in height, launching her, and, under circumstances of great danger, rowing to and saving the sole survivor of a vessel wrecked close to Fowey, had been brought before the notice of the Lords of the Admiralty?

SIR CHARLES WOOD

said, that the circumstances had been reported by the Comptroller of the Coast Guard, and that measures had been taken for rewarding the men.