by Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs | Jul 16, 2020 | People
Early Life Rosaleen Graves, sister of the WW1 soldier poet and writer Robert Graves, was born in Wimbledon on 7th March 1894. Her father was Alfred Perceval Graves: he was the second son of The Rt. Rev. Charles Graves, Bishop of Limerick. (1846 – 1931). Alfred, who...
by Caroline Thorton | Nov 20, 2018 | Events, World War One
The beginning of an idea It was in November 2014 whilst visiting Folkestone, Kent, where thousands of service people from the last two World Wars left the shores of England to sail to conflict on French beaches and also returned following the aftermath of the 1940...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Charles Edward Koebel was born on the 24th Jan 1878 in Croydon, Surrey. He lived at various addresses around London. His attachment to Bishopsteignton came through his parents (father Oscar and mother Emma) who had moved to Murley Grange. The Koebel family...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life When George Frederick Parish was born in 1878 in Colebrook, Devon, his father, George, was 30 years old and his mother, Sarah, was also 30 years old. He married Kate Susan Parish (née Marks) in 1901. They had one child during their marriage – ...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life Ernest John Passmore was born in Bishopsteignton in the March Quarter [1] of 1890. In 1891 he was living with his parents (Alfred and Sarah Passmore) and sisters (Florence, Annie, Mary, Caroline and Lily) at 9, Radway Street, Bishopsteignton and was still...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 9, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life In 1881 Horton George Stamp’s grandfather George (a nurseryman from Exeter) and grandmother Elizabeth Stamp were living in Cross Cottage, Bishopsteignton with their fifteen year old son George (Horton’s father) who was a scholar. They also had...
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 8, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life John Walling is currently a bit of an enigma as regards his link with Bishopsteignton and his family. His birthplace was Bovey Tracey and his residence at the time of his death is recorded as Newton Abbot. [1] There is a Walling family in the 1911 census...
by Jess Gibby | Nov 8, 2018 | People, World War One
Early Life There is only a little information about William’s family and currently his link with Bishopsteignton is yet to be fully discovered. He is believed to have been born in 1893 in Kingsteignton, Devon. William’s parents were George and...
