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...
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...
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...
