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Lord Tedder, of second world war fame, dead

... Lord Tedder, of second world war fame, dead LORD TEDDER, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander under Gen. Eisenhower from 1943 to 1945, died at his Banstead (Surrey) home today, aged 76. He had been in illhealth for some ...

No WARTIME BOMB IS FOUND A T SEWAGE WORKS A SECOND world war mortar bomb has been found at the

... No WARTIME BOMB IS FOUND A T SEWAGE WORKS A SECOND world war mortar bomb has been found at the new Heath field! sewage works The 9in long bomb believed live was found workmen putting the finishing touches to the £1500000 regional sewerage and sewage disposal ...

A Totnes woman lived with history FIST after the end of the second world war, an old lady died in

... A Totnes woman lived with history FIST after the end of the second world war, an old lady died in an old people's home at Exmouth. She had been born in Totnes on February 18, 1850, at No. li, Morass Cottages, now known as Moorashes, which lie behind and ...

AIRGUNNERS who fought side by side during the second world war have been reunited at a hospital bedside in South

... AIRGUNNERS who fought side by side during the second world war have been reunited at a hospital bedside in South Devon Mr Jack O'Connell of Brixham had to undergo a minor operation just as he was set to meet John Treloan of Penzance for the first time ...

HERALD EXPRESS FRIDAY JUNE 13 1997 7 BORN in 1940 as the Second World War raged Hugh Walters overcame the

... HERALD EXPRESS FRIDAY JUNE 13 1997 7 BORN in 1940 as the Second World War raged Hugh Walters overcame the disruption of the times and his own dyslexia to train as a surgeon His entrance into the profession was far from conventional in keeping with a man ...

II I Grim night at Newton IF Newton Abbot’s Second World War population thought they were in a safe area

... II I Grim night at Newton IF Newton Abbot’s Second World War population thought they were in a safe area such complacency was to be cruelly shattered on the evening of August 20 1940 Three bombers from Hitler’s Luftwaffe swooped down before the air raid ...

Malta's heroism The gallantry and heroism of the Maltese during the second world war were recalled by Mr. Leon B

... Malta's heroism The gallantry and heroism of the Maltese during the second world war were recalled by Mr. Leon B. de Sauvanne, talking to members of Torquay Natural History Society at the Pengelly Hall on Tuesday. The Maltese Archipelago under British ...

12 HFRALDEXPRESSMONDAYfi BRl 19 1990 Herald Express New but getting worse FOR all the years after the second ..

... 12 HFRALDEXPRESSMONDAYfi BRl 19 1990 Herald Express New but getting worse FOR all the years after the second world war governments of various political hues promised to reform the rating system which all agreed was antiquated unfair and quite irrational ...

H Wednesday July 26 1995 I: A piece of paper declaring the of the Second World War was auctioned £2300

... H Wednesday July 26 1995 I: A piece of paper declaring the of the Second World War was auctioned £2300 The teteprintad message vrfiich declared Germany's surrender went under the hammer to an anonymous phone at Bonham’s in London MAIDSTONE: Car Harvey ...

Published: Wednesday 26 July 1995
Newspaper: Western Evening Herald
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1055 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

A South Devon woman thinks she and her husband were the first couple to marry in the Second World War

... A South Devon woman thinks she and her husband were the first couple to marry in the Second World War Ruby Howarth (above) Teignmouth remembers it well because Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain was on the radio in the next room at time announcing country ...

Eric recalls barbed wire on beaches TORBAY Council’s leisure manager who started work during the second world ..

... Eric recalls barbed wire on beaches TORBAY Council’s leisure manager who started work during the second world war as a beach attendant when the resort’s beaches were ringed with barbed wire has retired after 47 years service Eric Kinch joined the council ...

ROMANS QUEUE FOR WATER AWATER scarcity in Rome recalled second world war days when Romans had to wait in long

... ROMANS QUEUE FOR WATER AWATER scarcity in Rome recalled second world war days when Romans had to wait in long lines to get food. Now, in this torrid Roman summer, people are queueing in streets to fill containers with water from tank wagons sent by the ...