Yarmouth RNLI couple celebrate wedding day with a trip to the lifeboat station
Senior station technician Richard Pimm and lifeboat press officer Hebe Gregory were married on 1 July – with the date representing the numbers on the side of Yarmouth’s lifeboat – Eric and Susan Hiscock – Wanderer 17-25.
They then visited Richard’s ‘first love’ – the Severn class lifeboat based out of Yarmouth.
Hebe said: ‘The date of our wedding ceremony was chosen because it's the numbers on the side of Richard's one true love, he now doesn't have the excuse of EVER forgetting our anniversary. It was originally a joke made between the crew after a routine practice one evening that then became a reality!’
Hebe and Richard have been together since 2013 after first meeting on the school bus years before, then got engaged in 2014.
Richard has worked full time for the RNLI for a decade, but has been on the crew for 18 years, since the age of 17.
His family have a close connection with the station with Richard even being christened on Yarmouth lifeboat (Joy and John Wade 52-08 Arrun Class).
Hebe has worked full time for the RNLI since May 2024, volunteering as LPO since 2023, and is currently in training to be one of Yarmouth’s launch authorities.
Tom Carlstedt-Duke, Lifeboat Operations Manager of Yarmouth RNLI station said: ‘Congratulations to Rich and Hebe!
‘Rich is the full time Senior Station Technician and Afloat Mechanic for our Severn ALB, and is a third-generation crew member with his grandfather, father and brother all serving on the Yarmouth ALB.
‘Hebe is our press officer and also works full time in the RNLI’s Regional Business Support Team.
‘All of Yarmouth’s One Crew wish Rich and Hebe a long and happy life together.’
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