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Edmund Radcliffe
Edmund Reynolds Willoughby Radcliffe Born at 45 Kensington Square, London on 3rd December 1899. Father Alexander N. Radcliffe. Mother Isabel G. Henderson. Siblings: John H, Maud M, Ruth I, & Margaret J. Edmund was educated in East Sussex and Eton College. In 1918 he enlisted in the Coldstream Guards but did not see action. He…
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Edward Whitley
Edward Neil Whitley Edward was born on 29th July 1918 in Paignton, to parents William Wallace Whitley and Elizabeth Frances Whitehead. He had 4 elder brothers, William W, Peter P, Herbert H, Claude C and two elder sisters Mary and Dorothea E. When Edward was three years of age the family moved from Paignton to…
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Those who served in the British Army
British Army Pages These pages tell the stories of those from the parishes of Buckland-in-the-Moor, Leusdon, Postbridge and Widecombe-in-the Moor who served in the British Army and did not return. The servicemen concerned are as follows: Edmund Radcliffe Edward Whitley