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Hemyock Residents Who Remembered WWII.

Eighty-two Hemyock residents contributed their first hand accounts of life during World War Two. This page lists the contributors to the book Memories of War. Other pages in this series:

Introduction; Wartime Life; Homeguard; Farming; Aircraft; Evacuees; Memories; War Carpenter.

Contents of this page:

Introduction

In 1995, as part of the Hemyock Commemorations of the fiftieth anniversary of the Allied Victories in Europe and Japan (VE Day and VJ Day), Margaret Sheppard and Norman Lowman collected first hand accounts from more than eighty resident of Hemyock, of life during the Second World War. Although obviously not a complete record, these memories do show how ordinary people were able to rise to the occasion and "do their bit" both in the armed forces and on the "home front."

Memories

Those residents involved included:

Betty Arnold; Roy Barton; Edward Berriman; Marjorie Bright; Reginald (Toby) Bright.

Ray Carrington; Ray Casely; Bill Casely; Mr. Childs; Jack Collard; Cliff Colley; Tim Courtenay; C. Cox

John Dimmock; Pamela Dowson; Peter Dowson.

John Eden; Polly Eden; Alex Eltringham; Joyce Eltringham; J.A. Elmes.

David Fensom; Lilian Fensom; Arthur Fuller; Dora Fuller.

Margaret Granger; Eric Granger; Mr. R. D. Goddard; Mrs. E. M. Goddard; Frank Gunn; Cissie Gunn.

Robbie Hine; Edwin Gordon Hook; Mrs. Hook; Tony Houghton; Charles (Tony) Howsam; Dorothy Howsam; Tom Humphreys.

Mr. E.D.H. Lant; Mrs. Kit Lant; F.W. Lapworth; Alice Leighton; Norman Leighton; Mr and Mrs Edgar Lowman; Norman Lowman; Mrs Elizabeth Lowman; Cecil (Skip) Lowman; Peter and Amy Lowman.

Hugh Maclean; Les Marke; C.M. Mould; Len Neeve; Bill Nobbs.

Fred Payne; Maurice Perrott; Evelyn Pike; Harry Pooley; Gerald Pring.

Thomas Charles Ramsey; Mary Ridgeway; Eric Ridgeway; Mr. and Mrs. Ken Rogers.

Fred Salter; Authur Salter; Percy Salter; Len Salter; Mr. P. Salter; Mrs. Hilda Salter; Phyllis Sheppard; William (Bill) Sheppard; R.J. Small; D.J. Spalding.

Cyril Tancock; Ruth Tartaglia; Eddie Tartaglia.

Joy Vaughan; Mr. Vaughan; Edward Wassink; Tom Whitehead.

Due to the passage of time, many of the contributors have since died.

Other pages in this series:

Introduction; Wartime Life; Homeguard; Farming; Aircraft; Evacuees; Memories; War Carpenter.

Memories of War — the Book

The memories were published as a 65 page, A4 booklet, illustrated with many photographs. All profits went to the Royal British Legion.

At present the booklet is out of print. We are considering producing a revised version, possibly as an "e-book" or on a CD-Rom.

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Hemyock Castle, Hemyock, CULLOMPTON, Devon, EX15 3RJ, UK.
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