Early Life Harry Martin's birth was registered in the June Quarter of 1880, at Bishopsteignton.[1] According to the 1881 census, when Harry was 1 year old, he lived with his father George Spear Martin who was a painter and his mother Frances (née Hawkins) who was born...
World War One
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Bishopsteignton and World War I
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Harry Garland Vanstone WW1
Early Life Private Harry Garland Vanstone of the 2/4th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment was the son of Thomas and Amelia Vanstone, of 2, Fore St, Bishopsteignton. He was born in Bishopsteignton in the December Quarter of 1893.[1] According to the 1901 census Harry...
William James Sharland WW1
Early Life 12022 Private William James Sharland of the 10th Battalion, the Devonshire Regiment was the only son of James and Emma Elizabeth Sharland, of Fore St, Bishopsteignton. He was born in Pembroke in the March Quarter of 1893.[1] In 1901 the family were living...
Charles Henry Back WW1
Early Life Charles Henry Back was born on the 7th Jan 1892. In 1901 Charles was 8 years old, at school and was living in Radway Street with his parents Robert (an agricultural labourer) and Eliza, (née Yeoman) along with his sister Florence aged 22 years (a domestic...
William Ernest Back WW1
Early Life William was born in Bishopsteignton in 1887 and lived in Radway Hill. His parents were Robert James Back, a farm labourer and Eliza Back (née Yeoman). In the 1911 census William was living in Radway Hill, not far from Arthur Apps who was also killed in...
H.G.(Fred) Burgess. WW1
Early Life Trayton Charles Douglas Burgess was Fred's proper name but he seems to have been known as Fred and he even enlisted in the army with this name. It is not clear where the initials H. G. arise. Fred was born in Kensington, London in the first quarter of 1898...
Frederick George Cole WW1
Early Life Frederick George Cole was born in 1891 and was living with his parents Alfred, a farmer, and his mother Emma (née Roberts) at 17, West Street, Abbotskerswell. The 1891 census indicates Alfred was born in South Brent and Emma in Christow, where Frederick was...
George Pickersgill Cable WW1
Early Life George was born on the 5th Dec 1891, the son of Baron Ernest Cable (1st Baron Ideford) and Lilian Sarah Sparkes whose family home was Lindridge, Bishopsteignton from 1913. The birth was registered in Newton Abbot, George was educated at Harrow College...
Arthur Apps WW1
Early Life Arthur Apps was born in 1898 in Bishopsteignton and lived in Radway Hill, Bishopsteignton with his father John and his mother Emma Apps (née Parish). From the information supplied by the 1911 census Arthur Apps was 13 years old at the time of the census. At...
John William Cawcutt WW1
Early Life Private John William Cawcutt M2/181850 of the Royal Army Service Corps served in BE Africa and was the son of John William and Jane Cawcutt (née Hallaway). He was born in Reading in 1885. In the 1891 census his parents were “poor law schoolmasters and...