John Michael Dixon

by Nathan Hutchinson | Dec 10, 2019 | People, World War Two

Early Life   John Michael Dixon was born April, 1922 in Epsom, Surrey.   Son of Harold Parson Dixon and Lena Gertrude Dixon (née Whitmarsh). Harold Dixon was born in London, 1888 and later served with the 2nd/5th Durham Light Infantry during WWI. Lena was...

Frederick Charles Paget

by Nathan Hutchinson | Dec 6, 2019 | People, World War Two

Early Life   Frederick Charles Paget was born 28 May, 1910 in Dursley, Gloucestershire.     Little is known about his early years apart from his mothers name, Alice Rose was on his Baptism records on 16 July, 1910 in Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire....

Thomas Henry Saunders

by Nathan Hutchinson | Dec 6, 2019 | People, World War Two

Early Life   Thomas Henry Saunders was born in 1910, son of George and Edith Saunders. Little else is known about the early years of his life, although Thomas Saunders is also remembered on the War Memorial in Mathern, Monmouthshire, so there could be a family...

John Edward Hulland

by Nathan Hutchinson | Dec 4, 2019 | People, World War Two

Early Life   John Edward Hulland (known as Jack) was born 29 June, 1922 in Bishopsteignton, Devon. Son of Edward Charles and Ethel May Hulland (née Taylor). Jacks father Edward was born in 1898 in Exeter and moved to Cockhaven Street, Bishopsteignton around 1911...

Harold Biffen

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...