
Eugenie Boucher -RNLI"Penza" building- St Ives Cornwall UK
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N 50° 12.763 W 005° 28.774
30U E 323092 N 5565223
The Lifeboat station was build following a generous bequest
Waymark Code: WM10XEK
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/06/2019
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"Penza" Lifeboathouse
"Penza" is a town on the south east boundaries of old Russia and was the home of Eugenie Boucher who fled from Russia in the 1920s
She married Roy Boucher a prominent Solicitor and Business mand from Bristol UK
Where they lived in a house called "Penza"
Mrs Boucher died in 1992 and left a generous legacy to the Royal National Lifeboat Instituion (RNLI)
In memory of her husband and herself
This Bequest funded eight new buildings known as "Penza" lifeboat houses.
There are seven other "Penza" lifeboat Houses elsewhere in the country
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