Budleigh Notables: A
Percival Charles Herbert ACTON (1917-1941)
* He was the grandson of John and Elizabeth Pyne, who were living at 13, Cliff Road.
* He was killed in action on 24 May 1941, while serving on HMS Hood.
* He is listed on Exmouth War Memorial.
* You can read about him at https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2023/10/ww2-75-24-may-1941-lost-with-mighty.html
Michael Evelyn ADAMS (1920-2005) Journalist and author. He lived at Little Knowle.
* His book Publish it not… The Middle East Cover-Up (1975) was co-written with journalist Christopher Mayhew. The authors claimed that ‘over the past half-century, and particularly since 1967, a deliberate and generally successful attempt has been made to cover up the truth about Palestine, with damaging consequences for the cause of peace and justice in the Middle East’.
* He was assistant to Douglas Whiting CBE (1908-1988) at the not-for-profit international development organization charity Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO).
https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/adams-michael-evelyn
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/feb/08/guardianobituaries.israel (8 Feb 2005)
Sir Archibald ALISON 3rd Baronet (1862-1921). He lived at 'Possil House', now 12a, Marine Parade.
* His parents were Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (1826-1907) and Jane Roger, Lady Alison, née Black (1838-1909).
* His wife was Georgina Sarah Ann Alison, née Bond-Cabbell (1858-1931).
* He also lived at ‘Possil House’, Copse Hill, Wimbledon. ‘Possil House’ was originally the name given by the Alison family in 1835 to their family home in Glasgow. Property deeds show that the Budleigh ‘Possil House’ on Marine Parade was called ‘Surbiton House’. In 1914, it was called ‘Matford’; it was there and in that year that the Anglo-German artist Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914), died.
* From 1888 to 1900 he was Colonial Secretary of Bermuda, where his son George Newdegate Alison (1889-1916) was born.
* The grave of Sir Archibald and Lady Alison is in St Peter’s Burial Ground.
* Their son, George Newdegate Alison (1889-1916), was killed in action during WW1 in the 1st Battle of the Somme.
* Both Sir Archibald Alison and his son are commemorated on the engraved brass plaque pictured above, located in St Peter’s Church, The Lawn.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Alison,_Archibald
https://www.geni.com/people/Dame-Elizabeth-Alison/6000000021607129257
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145223066/archibald-alison
https://issuu.com/fcohistorians/docs/bdd_part_4_with_covers p.1018
George Newdegate ALISON (1889-1916).
* His parents were Sir Archibald Alison 3rd Baronet (1862-1921) and Georgina Sarah Ann, Lady Alison, née Bond-Cabbell (1858-1931).
* He was killed in action during WW1 in the 1st Battle of the Somme, aged 26. His rank is given as Captain.
* Although he is listed as buried in the Sucrerie Military Cemetery at Colincamps, France, the grave of his parents in St Peter’s Burial Ground, Moor Lane, is inscribed with his name.
* You can read about George Newdegate Alison (1889-1916) at http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/alison-george-newdegate
Louisa Ellen ANSTEY, née Stuart (1887-1975). She lived at 'Elvestone Cottage', Fore Street Hill.
* Her parents were William Stuart and Elizabeth Stuart.
* Her father, William Stuart, born in Honiton, was a gardener.
* She was born in East Budleigh, her parents living first at 37, Lower Budleigh and then ‘Brookside Cottage’, East Budleigh.
* Her three brothers – Arthur Stuart (1891-1916), Charles Stuart (1895-1915) and Albert Edward Stuart (1898-1917) – died on active service during WW1. They are commemorated on East Budleigh War Memorial, pictured about. Image credit: www.devonremembers.co.uk
* Her husband was Robert Anstey (1893-1960), a gardener at ‘Elvestone’, Fore Street Hill.
* She was buried alongside her husband in St Peter’s Burial Ground,
* Their son was Peter Robert Anstey (1924-1941). He was killed in action during WW2.
Peter Robert ANSTEY (1924-1941). Killed in action during WW2.
* His parents were Robert Anstey (1893-1960) and Louisa Anstey, née Stuart (1887-1975).
* He was brought up at ‘Elvestone Cottage’, Fore Street Hill.
* He joined the Royal Navy and held the rank of Boy 1st Class at the time of his death.
* You can read about Peter Robert Anstey (1924-1941) at https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/09/ww2-75-boy-aged-17-peter-robert-anstey.html
Robert ANSTEY (1893-1960). Gardener. He lived at ‘Elvestone Cottage’, Fore Street Hill.
* He was the gardener at ‘Elvestone’, pictured above in a view over Budleigh Salterton taken in the 1870s by W.Sherlock and sold by W.J.Barns at the library. Photo courtesy of Dave Mayne. The house in the 1920s and 30s was the home of Henry Elcock Wilson (c.1870-1949) and his wife Katherine Wilson, (1882-1929) parents of the Olympic oarsman John ‘Jack’ Hyrne Tucker Wilson (1914-97).
* His wife was Louisa Ellen Anstey, née Stuart (1887-1975).
* He was buried alongside his wife at St Peter’s Burial Ground
* Their son was Peter Robert Anstey (1924-1941), who was killed in action during WW2.
Annie APLIN, née Scott-Campbell (1865-1944). After 1919 she lived at ‘Clinton Lodge’ on Golf Road, now Links Road.
* Her father was Lieutenant Colonel J. Scott.
* Her husband was Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Morgan Aplin (1856-1934).
* Their children, Elphinstone D’Oyley Aplin (1892-1915) and Eric Scott Aplin (1896-1918), were both born at Upnor Castle, Kent – pictured above – where their father was Lieutenant Colonel at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD). Both were killed on active service during WW1.
* She moved from ‘Clinton Lodge’ to 20 High Street after the death of her husband.
* She was buried alongside her husband in St Peter’s Burial Ground,
http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/aplin-elphinstone-doyley
http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/aplin-eric-scott
Elphinstone D’Oyley APLIN (1892-1915).
* His parents were Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Morgan Aplin (1856-1934) and Annie Aplin, née Scott-Campbell (1865-1944).
* He died of wounds received in action during WW1 at Frezenburg Ridge, near Ypres. He held the rank of Lieutenant.
* His brother, Eric Scott Aplin (1896-1918), was also killed in action during WW1.
* You can read about Elphinstone D’Oyley Aplin (1892-1915) via the following:
http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/aplin-elphinstone-doyley https://fairlynchgreatwar.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-first-of-two-brothers-to-fall.html
Eric Scott APLIN (1896-1918). Killed in action during WW1.
* His parents were Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Morgan Aplin (1856-1934) and Annie Aplin, née Scott-Campbell (1865-1944).
* He died of wounds while leading an offensive patrol on the eastern slope of Passchendaele Ridge on 10th March 1918. He held the rank of Captain.
*His brother, Elphinstone D’Oyley Aplin (1892-1915), was also killed in action during WW1.
* You can read about Eric Scott Aplin (1896-1918) via the following:
http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/aplin-eric-scott
https://fairlynchgreatwar.blogspot.com/2015/05/the-first-of-two-brothers-to-fall.html
Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Morgan APLIN (1856-1934). He lived at ‘Clinton Lodge’ on Golf Road, now Links Road
* His parents were Captain D’Oyley D’Auvigne Aplin (1821-1882) and Eliza Frances ‘Fanny’ Aplin, née Morgan (1836-1919).
* His wife was Annie Aplin, née Scott-Campbell (1865-1944).
* Among their children were Elphinstone D’Oyley Aplin (1892-1915) and Eric Scott Aplin, both killed on active service during WW1.
* He was Lieutenant Colonel at the Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD) in Upnor Castle, Kent, pictured above. Upnor Castle served as a magazine and store from 1668 to 1913, and continued in military use (as part of RNAD Upnor) until 1945.
* Like his brother, Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Lushington Aplin CSI (1863-1940), he was a Vice President of Budleigh Salterton Football Club.
* He was buried alongside his wife in St Peter’s Burial Ground,
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218606886/hugh-morgan-aplin
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Lushington APLIN CSI (1863-1940). He was living at ‘Woodlands’, West Hill, in 1939 according to Kelly’s Directory.
* His parents were Captain D’Oyley D’Auvigne Aplin (1821-1882) and Eliza Frances ‘Fanny’ Aplin, née Morgan (1836-1919).
* His wife was Emily Mabel Aplin, née Wyatt, daughter of the Rev. Joseph Light Wyatt (1841-1936) and Eliza Isabella Wyatt (1848-1933).
* Their children were Isabel Hogg, née Aplin (1892-unknown) and Violet Lilian (1893-unknown).
* He joined the Royal Marines Light Infantry in 1883, and was attached to the 4th Madras Native Infantry in India in 1887, spending the rest of his military career in India and Burma
* He retired in 1920, having become Financial Commissioner of Burma and been awarded the Companion of the Star of India (CSI), the breast badge of which is pictured above.
* Like his brother, Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Morgan Aplin (1856-1934), he was a Vice President of Budleigh Salterton Football Club.
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