Public Information Film uploaded as "fair use." Short documentary detailing the work of auxiliary coastguards (now the Volunteer Coast Rescue) serving with Her Majesty's Coastguard (now part of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency).
Fantastic thanks for posting this my father was a Coastguard officer at Fairlight on south coast I remember as a child (born 1978) exercises and call outs and all the auxiliary Coastguards around ! Happy memories!
The thin braid was in use until around 1998. HM CG then changed to the thick gold braid, like naval officers. I think it was done as a cost saving measure because the thin braid had to be made specially whereas the naval braid was standard in commercial marine and the Royal Navy
When did the Coastguard start/stop using the two-tone rank braid (gold on black, similar to the RAF's silver-blue on black, instead of all gold) seen at 16:36 and why?
