Budleigh Past and Present

  Continued from 24 May 1941 Lost with the Mighty Hood :  ABLE SEAMAN PERCIVAL CHARLES HERBERT ACTON (1917-41) https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2023/10/ww2-75-24-may-1941-lost-with-mighty.html       Budleigh Salterton's War Memorial The Pannell name is well known in the local area. At least one Budleigh resident claims to have found five generations of Pannells living in the town. There are also Pannells in Exmouth. So in some ways it is not surprising to find William Frederick Pannell’s name on war memorials in both towns, although on the Exmouth War Memorial he is listed with just one initial. According to researchers on the Devon Heritage website, William (Service Number D/J 111241) was the son of Wallace and Alice Kate Pannell (née Selway), and the husband of Violet Lilie Pannell (née Brook). The same source states that he was born in Budleigh Salterton in 1909 which would make him 32 when he died, although elsewh...