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This picture was circa 1938 and is of the North Devon branch of the Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery. It is taken in Pilton Park, and we believe the buildings in the background are the old Rawle Gam...

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...

Agnes May Blake was the elder daughter of Samuel and Ellen Blake of Pilton. During and just after World War II, Agnes served in the Women's Land Army. In recognition of her service between 17th M...

The wedding took place in Holy Trinity Church, Barnstaple on Tuesday 2nd June, between Sergeant Cyril Phillips Webber, R.A.F. elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Webber, of 18, Silver Street, Barnstap...

The Comrades of the Great War was formed in 1917 as a non-political association to represent the rights of ex-service men and women who had served or had been discharged from service during The Gre...

The Pilton Story has created a new memorial in Rotary Gardens which honours and remembers the men and the women of Pilton who served in World War I. It was unveiled by Barnstaple Mayor Ian Roome o...

On Thursday 27th May 1920, the North Devon Journal reported the unveiling of the memorial west window in the Church of St Mary the Virgin. The memorial to those of the parish who fell in the Great...