Hugh MacKay senior, Hilton, was awarded a bronze medal by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution for his part in the rescue of the boat, Pearl, 4 other men with him, William Ross, engineer, John Paterson, fish salesman, Andrew Sutherland, fisherman, all Hilton and David Skinner, fisherman, Balintore, were given inscribed vellum parchments for their part in the rescue in March.

Hugh MacKay senior, Hilton, Royal National Lifeboat Institution bronze medal for saving life during the wreck of the Pearl. 1928.