Dick Evans was the local butcher calling on people in the outlying area with his van but when the call came, as it often did, he was the coxwain of the Moelfre lifeboat - one of those many men brave enough to venture out into the rough seas to rescue sailors in mortal danger. Lifeboats were not self-righting in those days and crews were all too aware that each call-out could well be their last. Dick Evans was the first man to receive two RNLI gold medals - the lifeboat equivalent of the Victoria Cross.