The SNSM medal awarded to Philippe Ygouf

One Wednesday evening, the town hall of Vierville-sur-Mer welcomed Jacques Chambon, departmental delegate of the SNSM, to reward two former officials of the local rescue station.

Olivier Hamel, president of the station, thanked the municipality for its support, including the purchase of a zodiac. He also welcomed the donation of Crédit Maritime, represented by Mrs. Bihel.

Jacques Chambon gave a letter of thanks to Robert Baron, treasurer for many years. Philippe Ygouf, who had been treasurer and then president of the station until 2001, received the SNSM medal of honor.

Philippe Ygouf welcomed this distinction with modesty. He felt that he had known more deserving station managers and stage captains, minimized his own role and humorously evoked his daily passages to the post and the memory of lifeguards.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The right column is cut: Philippe Ygouf's year of the beginning of responsibility, after "19...", is not readable and has not been invented. Some word endings in this column are restored by the context; the end of the mandate in 2001 is visible.

Archive image: https://vierville.cordelle.eu/Photos2008/2003-YgoufMedaille.jpg