Alan Pert

Alice Bell Le Geyt (1839–1934) was a British writer, suffragist and temperance campaigner. Le Geyt was born on Jersey in 1839. Her parents were Charles William Le Geyt and Emma Bell, and her grandfather was the Scottish surgeon Charles Bell. On 4 August 1864, holidaying at Lyme Regis, she rowed through surf "at the risk of her life" to rescue two young boys who had fallen into the sea from the pier. She was awarded the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's silver medal for gallantry for this act…