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WW2 100 – 26 August 1944 – A grave adopted in Normandy: Driver Cyril John Lockyear (1918-44), Royal Engineers, 143 Field Park Squadron

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  Continued from 8 August 1944 ‘God’s Greatest Gift – Remembrance’: Signaller Ronald Yeats (1916-44) https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/10/www2-75-gods-greatest-gift-remembrance.html   Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery Image credit: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Tackling this WW2 project chronologically has made me aware of some strange coincidences in the stories of these young men from Budleigh Salterton whose lives were so cruelly cut short. There was Signaller Ronald Yeats, for example, who died on 8 August  in Normandy while serving with The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey). You may have just read his story if you click on the link at the top of this page.   By chance he was buried in Banville-la-Campagne war cemetery, pictured above. It’s where you will also find the grave of Major George Tristram Palmer, killed just three weeks earlier while attached to a different regiment, the Highland Light Infantry. George Palmer’s story is...

WW2 100 – 6 November 1942 – ‘In loving memory of a dear husband’: Sapper Arthur Stanley Pengilley (1914-42), 244 Field Company, Royal Engineers

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Continued from 24 October 1942 - ‘Sadly missed by his sorrowing wife’: PRIVATE CHARLES WILLIAM HOLMES (1910-42) https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/01/ww2-75-24-october-1942-sadly-missed-by.html       Budleigh Salterton War Memorial at the junction of Coastguard Road and Salting Hill    It’s no surprise to find Arthur Stanley Pengilley remembered on Budleigh War Memorial. His family name is well known in the area, though it can be confusing to see the spelling variations. I counted nine Pengilleys and eight Pengillys in the parish record of burials.       According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Arthur’s parents were Charles Pengilley and his wife Ellen. Investigating further, I found that Ellen had local connections through her maiden name of Bickley. Her father was Charles Bickley, from another well known local family. In the 1891 Census he is listed as a labourer living at Kersbrook Cottages. His ...