Context and Background The ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign was vital to help keep the country fed well and healthy during both of the World Wars and also during the years after. This is the story of the campaign and its relevance on a local level. The 'Dig for Victory'...
Events
Events and happenings past and present in and around Bishopsteignton
Day One
Geoffrey Theodore Garratt M.B.E. MA
Early Life Geoffrey Theodore Garratt was born 7 November 1888, in Little Tew, Oxfordshire [1]. Son of Reverend Charles Foster Garratt and Agnes Mary Garratt (née Percival), Geoffrey was the youngest of four siblings, as well as six half siblings. His...
Evacuees
With the start of the Second World War came Operation Pied Piper. This was the plan to evacuate civilians from cities and other areas that were at high risk of being bombed or becoming a battlefield in the event of an invasion. The Blogg Family When Phyllis...
John William Beer
Early Life John William Beer was born June 1922, in Bishopsteignton, Devon. Son of Willam Henry Beer and Mary Jane Beer (née Roberts). William Henry Beer was born in Bishopsteignton in 1881 and lived with his family in Ashwell, a short distance west of the main...
Raymond Sidney Evans
Early Life Raymond Sidney Evans was born July 1924 in Crediton, Devon. Son of Sydney (Sidney) James Evans, born 22 August 1896 in Crediton, Devon; and Rose (Rosie) May Evans (née Syms/Symes) born 26 September 1898 in Moretonhamptstead, Devon. Sidney married Rosie on...
Lewis Back
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,...
John Michael Dixon
Early Life John Michael Dixon was born April, 1922 in Epsom, Surrey. Son of Harold Parson Dixon and Lena Gertrude Dixon (née Whitmarsh). Harold Dixon was born in London, 1888 and later served with the 2nd/5th Durham Light Infantry during WWI. Lena was...
Frederick Charles Paget
Early Life Frederick Charles Paget was born 28 May, 1910 in Dursley, Gloucestershire. Little is known about his early years apart from his mothers name, Alice Rose was on his Baptism records on 16 July, 1910 in Wotton under Edge, Gloucestershire....
Thomas Henry Saunders
Early Life Thomas Henry Saunders was born in 1910, son of George and Edith Saunders. Little else is known about the early years of his life, although Thomas Saunders is also remembered on the War Memorial in Mathern, Monmouthshire, so there could be a family...