HMS Wave rescue plaque, St Ives, Cornwall

"On 30th September 1952 St Ives townspeople rescued sixty-two crew members here by breeches buoy. For his courage during the successful salvage operation, local Pilot Richard Daniel Paynter was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct."

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