Claim: William A Mogridge became the Coxswain of Torbay Lifeboat Station in 1932 and would later take a lifeboat through a gale in 1935 to rescue a French trawler.
Evidence: William A Mogridge was appointed as Coxswain of the Torbay Lifeboat in October 1932. On the evening of 30 December 1935 he took the Lifeboat Gorge Shee through a gale to help the Satanicle, a French trawler that was 15 miles (24 km) east of Start Point.