by Nathan Hutchinson | Dec 10, 2019 | People, World War Two
Early Life Lewis Back was born 6 August, 1905 in Bishopsteignton, Devon. Son of John James Back and Lavinia Mary Back (née Widdicombe), he was the sixth born of nine siblings; two elder sisters Mary and Florence, three elder brothers John, Frederick and Alfred,...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life 160645 Chief Yeoman of Signals George Ambrose Warren of the Royal Navy was born on 30th December 1875 to James (a porter, born in Crediton, Devon) and Emma Warren (born in Bishopsteignton). He married Jessie G. Lamacroft in 1908 who was born in...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 7, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Thomas James Kidston was born in Bishopsteignton on the 28th March 1876 to John and Louisa Kidston. According to the 1881 census he was living with his mother Louisa (shown as a sailors wife) and his elder brother William and his grandmother Sarah Morritt...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 6, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Charles Henry Back was born on the 7th Jan 1892. In 1901 Charles was 8 years old, at school and was living in Radway Street with his parents Robert (an agricultural labourer) and Eliza, (née Yeoman) along with his sister Florence aged 22 years (a domestic...
by Jess Gibby | Oct 16, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Frederick John Manning was born in Bishopsteignton on the 18th Jan 1875 to William Manning and Elizabeth P Manning. His father William was born in the village and was noted in the 1851 census as a shoemaker at aged 15 years . His grandfather John Manning...
