Officer George Parsonage
George Parsonage was born in 1943 in the Glasgow Humane Society House on the banks of the River Clyde.
From the age of 14, George would help his father Benjamin with recoveries on the waterways in and around the City of Glasgow.
Like his father before him, George patrols the River Clyde seven days a week three hundred and sixty five days a year.
As a Lifeboat Officer of the Glasgow Humane Society, George has personally rescued more than fifteen-hundred people to safety over the past four decades.
Over the years George has been awarded various medals and honours including:
1971 - Glasgow Corporation Bravery Medal
1971 - Royal Humane Society Honorary Testimonial on Parchment and combined resuscitation Certificate
1978 - Strathclyde Region Medal and Bar
1978 - Mountbatten Medal R.L.S.S
1983 - Royal Humane Society Honorary Testimonial on Parchment
1998 - The St Mungo Medal
1999 - Member British Empire (M.B.E.)
2002 - Queens Golden Jubilee Medal
2004 - Honorary Testimonial of the Royal Humane Society
2005 - The Royal Humane Society Special Silver Medal
2006 - Service Cross of the Royal Life Saving Society
2006 - Honorary Doctorate of Strathclyde University
2006 - Honorary Degree Master of the Glasgow Caledonian University