Budleigh Past and Present

Continued from 1 March 1942 – A golfing ‘name’ with a royal connection: Lieutenant Cyril Hamilton Palairet (1915-42), Royal Navy, HMS Perth      https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/12/ww2-75-1-march-1942-golfing-name-with.html     Budleigh Salterton’s War Memorial at the junction of Coastguard Road and Salting Hill I found various anomalies when starting to research Peter’s background. He captained many missions in a squadron which flew more sorties than any other Allied heavy bomber squadron, was Mentioned in Despatches and awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, and was recorded by the Imperial War Museum for his account of the major raid of 7 April 1941 on the German city of Kiel. Three of his relatives have graves in St Peter’s Burial Ground in Budleigh, including his father. And yet his parents were not identified in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s record of his death. The Devon Heritage website even states that his identit...