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Private Ronald Frayne of Pilton Street was 21 when he died on March 8th 1916 helping to relieve British comrades besieged inside the city of Kut, near Baghdad, He was one of five children of John...

Private Frank Norman was born in Barnstaple in 1894 to William and Susanna Norman and lived at 47, Bradiford. Prior to enlisting with the 1st Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, just after the o...

Sapper William James Norman was born in Barnstaple in May 1885, the eldest son of William and Susanna Norman of 47, Bradiford. He married Mary Ellen ‘Nell’ Norman (neé Ford) in 1907 and lived at 1...

Claudius Wilfred Dix was born in May 1892 to George and Alice Dix of Gloster Road, Barnstaple. In this family photo he is shown, centre back, with his parents and sisters in 1902. He was working...

The Life of Richard Ackland, Royal Marine, 1790 - 1872 This document tells the story of Richard Ackland, born in Shirwell in 1790 to John and Catherine Ackland. He was a Blue Marine from 1810 until...

Harry Fry-Vicary was born in 1897 to William and Adelaide Fry-Vicary and lived on The Rock, Pilton. Before enlisting in 1916 he was a cabinet maker at the Barnstaple Cabinet Works. In France he w...

'The People's War' was a term applied to the Home Front in Britain during the World War II. One key feature of this was the Government's War Savings Campaign run by Sir Robert Kindersley. Savings ...