Mark Criddle

Updated October 2016.

Mark Criddle is the coxswain of the current Torbay Lifeboat - the Alec and Christina Dykes - which has been on station in Brixham since October 2001.

William G Sanders

Whilst researching the history of my great uncle Jack Gempton and his involvement with the 1928 Torbay Lifeboat, in a conversation with David Ham he asked if I knew whether Mark's grandmother Gladys Sanders was related to W.G Sanders. At the time I could not find a link but further research has provided an answer. The fact that she was a member the "Sanders" family was misleading, as far as i can see, it was a different "Sanders" family and at this time I cannot find a link between the two family lines.

Image 1. shows John Austin Sanders as the father of Gladys A Sanders.

Image 2. shows John Austin Sander's father - William Sanders - as married to Elizabeth Tucker. Her sister Beatrice was married to John K Sanders.

Image 3. shows that John K Sanders was the brother of William G Sanders.