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Roll of Honour: Flipbook
Flipbook of the Widecombe Roll of Honour This is the Widecombe-in-the-Moor Roll of Honour in flipbook format. You can flip the pages as in a real book.. Please note that the book may take a moment or two to load. Click on corners to start and to turn pages forward and back (watch for the…
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Roll of Honour: Frederick George Willcocks
FREDERICK GEORGE WILLCOCKS 1887 – 1947 Frederick was born at Blackaton Farm, Widecombe in 1887 to Peter Willcocks and Louisa Irish. Frederick had three older brothers John, Richard and William. He attended Widecombe School from 1893 until 1901. His father, Peter, died in 1915 and the four brothers took over running the family farm. Frederick,…
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Roll of Honour: Arthur Bowen Van Straubenzee
ARTHUR BOWEN VAN STRAUBENZEE 1891 – 1967 Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1891 to Colonel Arthur Hope Van Straubenzee and Mary Rosher, Arthur had three younger sisters, Margaret Eleanor, Joyce Hope, and Evelyn Mary together with a younger brother Philip William. Arthur during the years after his birth spent time in USA and Jamaica as…
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Roll of Honour: Charles Henry Vincent
CHARLES HENRY VINCENT 1873 – 1929 Charles was born in December 1873 in Malmesbury, Wiltshire to Henry Vincent and Rose Anna Cainey. Charles is documented as a private in the Wiltshire Regiment in the 1890’s and probably saw service in South Africa during the Boer War. In 1898 he married Susan Prior in Malmesbury, and…
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Roll of Honour: Samuel Warren
SAMUEL WARREN Also known as GEORGE 1894 – 1920 Samuel was born in 1894 in Ponsworthy to Edward Warren and Lucy Irish. Samuel had an older brother William John and a younger sister Lily. Samuel attended Leusdon School until 1907 when he changed school to Widecombe as the family had moved to Kingshead Farm. Samuel…
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Index to the Book of the Roll of Honour
View ‘The Fallen’ View the Roll of Honour Book in a FlipBook Format View individual pages by using the index below: Supported by:
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Roll of Honour: Reflections
REFLECTIONS The 1911 census lists Widecombe’s population of 884 of whom about 200 were males eligible to serve in the 1914-18 War. About 50% enlisted or were conscripted. This Book reveals the wide span of different roles undertaken to satisfy the diverse defence needs. The number who served as sailors is a surprise, but stringy,…
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Roll of Honour: Ernest Oliver Townsend
ERNEST OLIVER TOWNSEND 1889 – 1949 Ernest was born at Stouts Cottage, Widecombe in the Moor, in 1889, the son of John Townsend and Jane France George. In 1910, Ernest’s father died, and the family moved into Widecombe village. Ernest took work as a labourer working partly for the local Blacksmith, Aaron Warren. It…
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Roll of Honour: They Shall Grow Not Old
Extract from “For The Fallen” by Lawrence Binyon. Written during the first weeks of the Great War. Next: Introduction Back to the Roll of Honour Index
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Roll of Honour: Harold Arthur Reynolds
HAROLD ARTHUR REYNOLDS 1890 – 1963 Harold was born in Totnes in 1890 to Mary Elizabeth Reynolds, Mary was a household servant at Southcombe, Widecombe in the 1890’s. Mary married Harry Bray in 1894 and the 1901 Census records the family living at New Park, Widecombe. By 1911, they had moved to Lower Dunstone and…