John Harvey McGregor served on H.M.S. Neptune in the Royal Navy as Paymaster Commander (Acting). HMS Neptune sailed from Chatham in May 1941 on its last voyage. He died at sea in Libyan waters on 19th December, 1941 and appears on the Bishopsteignton War Memorial....
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People living in, who have lived in or are connected to Bishopsteignton
Nursing in WWII
Nursing in Bishopsteignton in WWII In the National Register that was taken in 1939 there are several nurses mentioned as living in the village and we can only presume that there continued to be some living and serving the people of the village during the war years –...
Jam and Jerusalem
Jam and Jerusalem The part played by Bishopsteignton Women’s Institute in WW2 (Text in italic is taken directly from the committee meeting and member’s meeting minutes). On Friday 2 December 1938 at 3.00pm a meeting was held at the Parish Hall, Bishopsteignton. This...
Tea, cake and memories with Mrs Bulley and Miss Webber – March 1979.
These sound archives were a chance find from a neighbour in Littlefield, Bishopsteignton. The recordings were made in March 1979, when John and Gillian Hepburn invited Mrs Bulley and Miss Webber to tea and cake. The Hepburns had lived near the ladies at...
Bishopsteignton Women’s Institute
How it All Began On Friday 2 December 1938 at 3.00pm a meeting was held at the Parish Hall, Bishopsteignton. This was a public meeting to discuss the formation of a Women’s Institute. Miss Harris VCO, who came to explain the workings of Women’s Institutes, asked Mrs...
Geoffrey Theodore Garratt M.B.E. MA
Early Life Geoffrey Theodore Garratt was born 7 November 1888, in Little Tew, Oxfordshire [1]. Son of Reverend Charles Foster Garratt and Agnes Mary Garratt (née Percival), Geoffrey was the youngest of four siblings, as well as six half siblings. His...
Evacuees
With the start of the Second World War came Operation Pied Piper. This was the plan to evacuate civilians from cities and other areas that were at high risk of being bombed or becoming a battlefield in the event of an invasion. The Blogg Family When Phyllis...
Philip Gourd, in his Own Words
Early Memories I have been asked to record (for the record), things that have happened in my life. I have a mini recorder kindly presented to me. I shall try to use this from time to time but perhaps (to be safe) I will put things in writing as well. Some people say...
John William Beer
Early Life John William Beer was born June 1922, in Bishopsteignton, Devon. Son of Willam Henry Beer and Mary Jane Beer (née Roberts). William Henry Beer was born in Bishopsteignton in 1881 and lived with his family in Ashwell, a short distance west of the main...
Raymond Sidney Evans
Early Life Raymond Sidney Evans was born July 1924 in Crediton, Devon. Son of Sydney (Sidney) James Evans, born 22 August 1896 in Crediton, Devon; and Rose (Rosie) May Evans (née Syms/Symes) born 26 September 1898 in Moretonhamptstead, Devon. Sidney married Rosie on...