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Lifeboat volunteers say they are struggling to come to terms with the loss of a much-loved crewmate who “touched the hearts of everyone”. Darragh Cartmill, who was a member of theLittlestone Lifeboat Station for six years, died last Wednesday following a battle with illness. The 54-year-old’s death has left a “gaping hole” in the close-knit team, which has described him as a “complete enigma”. Mr Cartmill, who lived in Greatstone on the Romney Marsh, was diagnosed as being critically anaemic in November and, following a “brutal” round of chemotherapy, remained in hospital until February. On Mo…