Orders, Decorations and Medals

ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, Silver Medal, V.R. (Mr Henry Carr, Voted 1st March 1877), mounted in gilt frame with modern watercolour of the incident, good very fine

Mr Henry Carr, Examining Officer, H.M. Customs and Excise. On the 22nd January, 1877, during a strong SSW wind and rough seas he put off in a small boat and rescued at great risk the crew of six men from the fishing boat 'Morning Star of Wexford' which had stranded on Wexford Bar.