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Walter Morley
Walter Samuel Morley Born in Runcorn Cheshire on 18th August 1886. Father John Morley. Mother Mary Jane Stevens. Siblings: Brothers, John H, Herbert, & Reginald. Sisters: Nellie, Lucy, Phillipa, & Jessie May. Walter lived his early life in Hull, where his father was a fisherman. In 1903 (aged 17) Walter enlisted in the Royal Marine…
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Those who served in the Royal Navy
Royal Navy and Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve 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 Royal Navy and the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and did not return. The servicemen concerned are as follows: George Lang Clive Montgomery Gilbert Morley Walter Morley…
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Leslie Webb
Leslie Austin Webb Born at Vitifer Mine at Birch Tor on 30th September 1903 to Parents: Father James Webb, Mother: Florence Kate Coaker. On the 1911 census Leslie is listed as having 3 brothers: James, Thomas Redvers, and Vernon Ralph. Leslie attended Lydford school from 1908 and left in 1917. After leaving school Leslie worked…
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Clive Montgomery
Clive Alexander Craig Montgomery Born in Exeter on 3rd May 1908. Father Robert Montgomery, Mother Berthe Craig. Elder siblings: James Robert, and Kate Sophia. Clive enlisted as a Royal Navy cadet in January 1922. Having attended Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, he left with the rank of Sub Lieutenant in 1930. His first ship was…
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Gilbert Morley
Gilbert Edgar Morley Born in Widecombe on Saturday 19th February 1916. Father: Walter Samuel Morley. Mother Annie (Queenie) Palmer. Gilbert had 2 brothers Robert Grenville b 1921 and Clifford John b 1927. Gilbert attended Widecombe School from 11th April 1921 until 1st June 1927. In September 1939 he married Mona Burton in Hull. On 20th…
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George Lang
George Lang Born in Buckland in the Moor on 23rd August 1916. Father John Jeffery Lang, Mother Susan A Stevens Two younger siblings Sidney, and Jessie. George attended Ashburton School, and after leaving school, worked as a carpenter on the Whitley estate at Buckland. Upon reaching the age of 18 (in 1934) George joined the…