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Bob Sharpe Receives the RNLI Gold Medal Award On Thursday 17th of May in Barbican Center in London. HRH the Duke of Kent presents Ex IWAI Chairman and RNLI Kildare Branch Chairman 'Bob Sharpe' with the prestigious RNLI Gold Medal Award. Click to enlarge Bob Sharpe being presented with the RNLI Gold Medal by HRH the Duke of Kent. Click to enlarge Dermot Desmond (The RNLI area coordinator) congratulates Bob after the award. Click to enlarge Left to right; Bob's niece Anita, Dermot Desmond, Una & Bob Sharpe, as well as Bob's sister Maud. On Tuesday 01-May-2001 it was announced at an official Function held in Dublin Castle, that Bob was to receive this prestigious award. Click to enlarge Left to right, Bob, Peter Nicholson (Chairman RNLI) Terrance C Johnson (Chairman of the Irish members of the RNLI committee of management) Click to enlarge Dermot Desmond, Peter Nicholson, Bob & Una Sharpe, and Mary Newman (National coordinator RNLI) Click to enlarge Dermot Desmond, Florence Bass (RNLI Kildare Branch Hon. Treasurer) & John Geraghty. Click to enlarge From left to right Dermot Desmond, Florence Bass, Bob Sharpe and Eileen Kelleher. Please note that Una Sharp sadly passed away late in 2001 only a few months after these photographs were taken. Una had been a great pillar of support to Bob over his forty five years with the Kildare Branch of the RNLI. All photographs were provided by John Geraghty, and are reproduced here with his kind permission.