by Nathan Hutchinson | Nov 21, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life Harold Biffen was born June, 1921 in Reigate, Surrey. Son of Walter and Helen Biffen (née Pennycuick); husband of Hazel Mercedes Cecilia Biffen (née Watling). His parents lived in Gillingham, Dorset when they had their first daughter, Isobel Helen...
by Nathan Hutchinson | Nov 21, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life Richard George Patrick Bernard Dyer was born January 1925, in Newton Abbot, Devon. There is little known of his family history at the time of writing, and the evidence found is somewhat conflicting. Records show that his father is most likely William...
by Nathan Hutchinson | Nov 21, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life George Valentine was born in April, 1921 in West Derby, Lancashire. He was the son of John and Ellen Valentine (née Speakman) and was married to Irene Margaret Valentine (née Houlton). His father, John Valentine lived his whole life in Lancashire and was a...
by Nathan Hutchinson | Nov 21, 2019 | People
Early Life Ronald Ambrose Slater was born in April, 1921 in Lambeth London. Son of Cecil and Elsie Slater (née Green); husband of Sylvia May Slater (née Ward, later Aldridge), of Bishopsteignton. His father grew up in Nottinghamshire and moved to...
by Nathan Hutchinson | Nov 21, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life Sidney Albert Treen was born on the 11th February, 1920, in Bishopsteignton, Devon. He was the son of William and Sarah ‘Laura’ Treen (née Groves); husband of Gladys Treen (née Sutton) of Teignmouth. Sidney’s father, William Germon...
by Nathan Hutchinson | Nov 21, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life John Harvey McGregor was born 12 May, 1906, in Ashstead, Surrey. His father Robert McGregor was born in Montrose, Scotland. He moved to London where he worked as a civil servant in the admiralty for the whole of his career. Robert married...
