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WORLD WAR II, HOW IT AFFECTED THE VILLAGE
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Those men that were in reserved occupations although not away fighting became involved in a variety of useful groups. Mr Jack Weston son of Charles Weston Moorend Manor Farm, belonged to the Royal Observer Corps as well as the village Home Guard.
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Yardley Gobion No 5 Platoon, D Company, 13 Battalion, Northants Reg. 1940s
Sid Barker, Mark Waite, Ern Dickens, ? , Bert Atkins, Solly Gasgoine, Mr Crossland, Max Shegl, Bill Swain, Jack Weston. Freddy Durrant, Charlie Wooton, George Horton, Graham Church, Benny Webb, Arthur Kightley. Bill Marshall, Bertie Birch, Fred Warner, Jack Williams, ? , George Barker, Dennis Shakeshaft More information on the Homeguard to come soon
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TOWCESTER SPECIAL CONSTABLES AUGUST 1942
Back row SCs Kelcher, Thomas, Howard, Holton, Cashmore, Swain J, Slaymaker, Quinny, May, Vernon, Linnel, Jeffcoate. Centre row SCs Pope, Bull, Garrick, Gray, Matthews, Jones T, Barby, Shrives, Eales, Ivens, Lepper A. Front row SCs Griffith, North, Swain W , Baseley, Dunkley, Capel W, Freeman, Adams, Capel H, Jones W, Ward, Lepper E. Seated SGT Reynolds(CHQ), S SGT Dyson, S INSP Harries-Jones, SUPT Barker, INSP Roche(CHQ), S SGTS Merivale, Capel, COMMONDANT Chidwick. |
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All the younger fit men not in reserved occupations were called up to fight.
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George Tapp |
George Tapp along side a Horsa Glider |
RAF
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Dennis Shakeshaft |
Making a roadway through the forest in Germany |
THE ROYAL
ENGINEERS |
Tom Smith |
Tom & his colleagues transported stores & men |
R.E.M.E.
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John Odell |
John in Baghdad |
NORTHANTS
REGIMENT |
Sid Dickens was taken prisoner in the Far East. |
SUFFOLK
REGIMENT |
Alan Taylor while on leave ROYAL ORDNANCE CORPS |
Albert Kightley |
Tom, Arthur & Albert Kightley |
Tom ROYAL ENGINEERS Far East Arthur RAF Bert ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS Intelligence Corps |
Stan Church |
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ARMOURED CORPS |
Charlie Glenn (known as Ray) |
Charlie in Japan |
ROYAL ARMY
MEDICAL CORPS |
Julian Pittam served in Serra Leone Africa. |
R.E.M.E.
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Fred Horton |
Fred training in Iceland |
THE ROYAL
PIONEER CORPS |
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------------------------------------------ GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS Sgt Donald Henry Henson Died March 1945 Pte John Charles Key Died July 1944 Trooper Arthur R. Leach Died September 1944 Lt Alan Linnell Taylor Died May 1941 |
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MORE TO COME LATER
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