Henry Thomas Davies
Henry "Shrimp" Thomas Davies BEM (1914– 2002) was a famous lifeboatman from Cromer on the north coast of Norfolk, England. "Shrimp" Davies, as he was affectionately known, was one of Cromer Lifeboat Station's longest serving coxswains, retiring in February 1976. He had joined the crew of the Cromer life-boat H F Bailey in 1931 and became coxswain in 1947 taking over from Henry Blogg. "Shrimp" was coxswain of Cromer life-boats Henry Blogg and Ruby and Arthur Reed. Henry got his nickname from his uncle, Henry Blogg, who gave his nephew the nickname "Shrimp" after seeing him as a tiny baby.
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