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Day Eighty-Five
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Day Eighty-Four
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Bishopsteignton Primary School during World War 1
The Outbreak of War The year that the war started began with tragedy for Bishopsteignton School’s headteacher, Mr...
Thomas James Kidston WW1
Early Life Thomas James Kidston was born in Bishopsteignton on the 28th March 1876 to John and Louisa Kidston....
Stephen George Ridgeway WW1
Early Life 44301 Private Stephen George Ridgeway of the 2/4th Battalion, the Royal Berkshire Regiment was the son of...
Charles Henry Payne WW1
Early Life 25581 Lance Corporal Charles Henry Payne of the 6th Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry was the son of...
Clifford E Wallis WW1
Early LifeClifford Edward was the beloved eldest son of the Wallis family and had 8 siblings, Fannie Mildred (Fannie),...
Harry Martin WW1
Early Life Harry Martin's birth was registered in the June Quarter of 1880, at Bishopsteignton.[1] According to the...
Harry Garland Vanstone WW1
Early Life Private Harry Garland Vanstone of the 2/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment was the son of Thomas and...
William James Sharland WW1
Early Life 12022 Private William James Sharland of the 10th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment was the only son of...
Charles Henry Back WW1
Early Life Charles Henry Back was born on the 7th Jan 1892. In 1901 Charles was 8 years old, at school and was living...
William Ernest Back WW1
Early Life William was born in Bishopsteignton in 1887 and lived in Radway Hill. His parents were Robert James Back, a...
H.G.(Fred) Burgess. WW1
Early Life Trayton Charles Douglas Burgess was Fred's proper name but he seems to have been known as Fred and he even...
Frederick George Cole WW1
Early Life Frederick George Cole was born in 1891 and was living with his parents Alfred, a farmer, and his mother...
George Pickersgill Cable WW1
Early Life George was born on the 5th Dec 1891, the son of Baron Ernest Cable (1st Baron Ideford) and Lilian Sarah...
Arthur Apps WW1
Early Life Arthur Apps was born in 1898 in Bishopsteignton and lived in Radway Hill, Bishopsteignton with his father...
John William Cawcutt WW1
Early Life Private John William Cawcutt M2/181850 of the Royal Army Service Corps served in BE Africa and was the son...
Richard Ernest Gill WW1
Early Life Richard Gill was born in Bishopsteignton in June, 1883 to his father James and mother Sarah Jane and there...
Frederick John Manning WW1
Early Life Frederick John Manning was born in Bishopsteignton on the 18th Jan 1875 to William Manning and Elizabeth P...