Joel Grunnill MBE Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2008
Skegness man, Joel Grunnill is awarded the MBE in recognition of his voluntary work and service to the maritime service.
Mr Grunnill is chairman of the lifeboat management group at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Skegness.
An OBE and six MBEs have been given to people in Lincolnshire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list.
The sea-faring Grunnill family can be traced back to the 1500s in Winthorpe and Skegness.
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