John Bentham

Many of you will know John from his tyre and exhaust expertise, however perhaps you did'nt know that John is our longest serving member in the Swanage team having joined in September 1980.

Last year when the MSC Napoli was beached off Branscombe beach, little did we expect it would involve us, but an urgent request for support had John disappearing down to Weymouth for nearly two months.

Having been temporarily promoted to Station Officer, John was given the job of security of MRCC Portland, signing in and escorting all visitors around the building during the day.

As always John carried out the role to the highest standards, meeting alot of people during the two months, in recognition of his hard work the Chief Coastguard has awarded John with a 'Letter of Thanks', in his 2007 awards

On behalf of the team, well done John we are very proud of you.