Budleigh Notables: D
Joseph Harry V. DALE (1921-1940
* His parents were Joseph and Ada Amelia Dale, née Buckley, of Littleham.
* He died while serving with the Royal Corps of Signals during WW2.
* You can read about him at https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/11/ww2-75-27-may-2-june-1940-with-no-known.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17068689/joseph-harry_v.-dale
https://www.devonheritage.org/Places/Budleigh%20Salterton/BudleighWarMemorial1939to1945.htm
Allan Edward Dearlove DAVEY (1922-1944)
* His parents were Horace Edward Dearlove Davey (1887-1978) and Floradora ‘Dora’ Stephen Mechen Davey (d.1993).
* His wife was Doris Lilian Marjorie Davey, née Sedgemore (c.1993-unknown), daughter of Tom Sedgemore (1887-1964) and Gertrude Mary Sedgemore, née West (1882-1967).
* He died while serving with the Royal Australian Air Force during WW2.
* You can read about him at https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/02/ww2-75-26-february-1944-he-died-that.html
Doris Lilian Marjorie DAVEY, née Sedgemore (c.1993-unknown)
* Her parents were Tom Sedgemore (1887-1964) and Gertrude Mary Sedgemore, née West (1882-1967).
* Her husband was Allan Edward Dearlove Davey (1922-1944), who died while serving with the Royal Australian Air Force during WW2.
* She is pictured above with her husband at their wedding in St Peter’s Church, Budleigh Salterton.
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/02/ww2-75-26-february-1944-he-died-that.html
Floradora ‘Dora’ Steven DAVEY, née Mechen (1897-1993).
* She was born in Brighton, Sussex, the daughter of W. J. Mechen.
* Her husband was Horace Edward Dearlove Davey (1887-1978). They married on 3 April 1920 in Malvern, South Australia.
* Their 'beloved only son' Allan Edward Dearlove Davey (1922-1944), husband of Doris Lilian Marjorie DAVEY, née Sedgemore (c.1993-unknown), died while serving with the Royal Australian Air Force during WW2. His grave in St Peter’s Burial Ground, Moor Lane, is pictured above.
* Floradora ‘Dora’ Steven DAVEY, née Mechen (1897-1993) was buried with her husband in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia. ‘A remarkable English lady’ is the inscription on the grave.
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/02/ww2-75-26-february-1944-he-died-that.html
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Mechen-9
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151470596/floradora-steven-davey
Horace Edward Dearlove DAVEY (1887-1978)
* His parents were Edward Davey (1861-1956) and Caroline Susan Davey, née Dearlove (1862-1956).
* His wife was Floradora Stephen Mechen Davey (1896-1993),
* Their children were Pauline Davey, Patsy Davey and Allan Edward Dearlove Davey (1922-1944) who died while serving with the Royal Australian Air Force during WW2 and was the husband of Doris Lilian Marjorie DAVEY, née Sedgemore (c.1993-unknown).
* Horace Edward Dearlove DAVEY (1887-1978) was buried with his wife in Centennial Park Cemetery, Pasadena, South Australia, in a grave pictured above. Image credit:
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/02/ww2-75-26-february-1944-he-died-that.html
Christopher DAWSON (1889-1970), historian of religion and culture, lived at ‘Hermitage’ (Now ‘The Hermitage) 2 Raleigh Road; in 1962 he moved to ‘Fountain Hill House’,10 Fountain Hill.
*The introduction to the 2012 edition of his book The Age of the Gods (1928) described him as ‘the greatest English-speaking Catholic historian of the twentieth century’.
* He was a friend of novelist Ralph Ricketts (1902-1998).
http://archive.catholicherald.co.uk/article/6th-september-1957/2/christianity-and-the-monarchy
https://www.christopherdawson.org.uk/reviews/lectures-and-articles-about-dawson-and-his-work/
Ronald Frederick DELDERFIELD (1912-72), playwright and novelist who wrote under the name of R.F. Delderfield. He seems to have lived at 'Broomleas', 24 Victoria Place. In his autobiography Nobody Shouted Author (1951), he calls the town where he was living post-WW2 ‘Pebblecombe Regis’. He describes his home as ‘a solid red-brick structure, perched on the extreme edge of a sandstone cliff, with a sea view extending from Torbay to Chesil Beach’. He writes that the Americans had occupied the house since 1942.
* He moved with his family to 'Shortwood House', Bear Lane in 1954.
* His autobiography testifies to the large number of ex-Indian Army officers prominent in Budleigh Salterton’s population: ‘At any time between 1860 and 1945, the High Street of Pebblecombe Regis could easily be mistaken for a European quarter of a garrison town,’ he wrote. ‘Anglo-Indians, with hard, blue eyes, fierce moustaches, and mahogany faces, literally rubbed shoulders round the fishmonger’s slab.’
* He caricatured the residents of ‘Pebblecombe Regis’. ‘Golf was played all day and bridge every evening, all other social activities, apart from the cultivation of giant vegetable marrows and white chrysanthemums, being prohibited as likely to attract visitors,’ is how he remembered them in Nobody Shouted Author.
* An exhibition to mark the centenary of his birth was staged at Fairlynch Museum in 2012.
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2013/11/more-on-fairlynch-and-delderfields.html (21 Nov 2013)
Alfred DEMANT (unknown-1923)
* Researchers on the Devon Remembers website www.devonremembers.co.uk have shown that his family came from the London area, settling in Budleigh at some time after 1911.
* He was a local builder, as seen in the
above photo of a drain cover in the garden of ‘Heather Cottage’, Exmouth Road
built in the 1920s.
* His wife was Amelia Maude Louise Demant,
née
Springthorpe (d.1943)
* They lived at ‘Ivy Cottage’ – now ‘Yew
Tree Cottage’ in Knowle Road.
* Their son Sidney Alfred Demant
(1891-1915) was killed in action in Northern France during WW1. Among
his siblings was William Harold Demant (1893-1943), whose
wife was Gladys May Demant, née Hitt (1895-unknown), daughter of William
Hitt (1861-1943) and Elizabeth Hitt, née Wedlake (1862-1945) of Chapel
Street.
* According to the Devon Remembers website
Alfred Demant and his wife Amelia Maude Louise were buried in St Peter’s Burial
Ground, Moor Lane, but their names do not appear in the Burial Ground record. The only Demant family grave recorded is that
of Elizabeth Ann Demant (1932-1948) who sadly died aged only 16.
http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/demant-sidney-alfred
https://fairlynchgreatwar.blogspot.com/2015/06/
Amelia Maude Louise DEMANT, née Springthorpe
(d.1943)
* Her husband was Alfred Demant (unknown-1923), a local builder.
* They lived at ‘Ivy Cottage’ – now ‘Yew
Tree Cottage’ in Knowle Road. Above is a postcard showing Knowle Village in
around 1900.
* Their son Sidney Alfred Demant
(1891-1915) was killed in action in Northern France during WW1.
* Among
his siblings was William Harold Demant (1893-1943), whose
wife was Gladys May Demant, née Hitt (1895-unknown), daughter of William
Hitt (1861-1943) and Elizabeth Hitt, née Wedlake (1862-1945) of Chapel
Street.
* The Devon Remembers website http://www.devonremembers.co.uk
states that they are buried in St Peter’s Burial Ground, Moor Lane, but their
names do not appear in the Burial Ground record. The only Demant family grave recorded is that
of Elizabeth Ann Demant (1932-1948) who sadly died aged only 16.
http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/demant-sidney-alfred
https://fairlynchgreatwar.blogspot.com/2015/06/
* Her husband was William Harold Demant (1892-1943). They married at St Andrew’s Church, Plaistow, Essex. The interior of this 19th century Gothic Revival church is pictured above.
* Records confirm that her husband was born on 25 December 1892. His burial was recorded on 21 April 1943 in Newham, London.
* He
was the brother of Sidney Alfred Demant (1891-1915) who was killed in
action in Northern France during WW1.
* In
1939 she was living as a domestic help at ‘Moorhome’ – also known as 'Moor House' – on Moor Lane, home of William Wentworth Daniel (1881-1959) and
his family. There is no knowledge of why she was living apart from her husband.
In 1939 he was a ‘shop assistant butcher’ living on his own at 30 Eric Road,
West Ham, Essex.
* In
1952 there is a record of Gladys M Demant working for the London
Telecommunications Region.
Sidney Alfred DEMANT (1891-1915)
* His parents were Alfred Demant (unknown-1923), a local builder, and Amelia Maude Louise Demant, née Springthorpe (d.1943).
*
They lived at ‘Ivy Cottage’ – now ‘Yew Tree Cottage’ in Knowle Road.
* He was killed in action in Northern France during
WW1.
* His rank was given as Rifleman.
* Among his siblings was William Harold Demant (1892-1943), whose wife was Gladys May Demant, née Hitt (1895-unknown), daughter of William Hitt (1861-1943) and Elizabeth Hitt, née Wedlake (1862-1945) of Chapel Street.
*
You can read about Sidney
Alfred Demant (1891-1915) at https://fairlynchgreatwar.blogspot.com/2015/06/ and
at http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/demant-sidney-alfred
William
Harold DEMANT (1892-1943)
* His parents were Alfred Demant (unknown-1923), a local builder, and Amelia Maude Louise Demant, née Springthorpe (d.1943). Records confirm that he was born on 25 December 1892.
* The family lived at ‘Ivy Cottage’ – now ‘Yew Tree Cottage’ in Knowle Road.
* His brother was Sidney Alfred DEMANT (1891-1915), killed in action in Northern France during WW1.
* His wife was Gladys
May Demant, née Hitt (1895-unknown). They were married
at St Andrew’s Church, Plaistow, Essex. The interior of this 19th
century Gothic Revival church is pictured above.
* His
burial is recorded on 21 April 1943 in Newham, London.
Isobel Dorothy Joyce DENNYS (1893-1991), artist and author, lived at ‘Lion House’, Fore Street Hill, where there is a blue plaque on site. Sister of Major General Lancelot Ernest Dennys MC (1890-1942). Brought up at ‘Ardtona’, Links Road.
* She illustrated some of Harry Rodney Bennett’s (1890-1948) books.
* Fairlynch Museum has a collection of her paintings.
* The small Devon coastal town in which her books Henrietta’s War and Henrietta Sees It Through are enjoyably recognisable as Budleigh Salterton.
* Her husband was Dr Thomas Charles Cann Evans (1885-1965).
* You can buy Sarah Bussy’s excellent book Joyce Dennys and Budleigh Salterton at Fairlynch Museum.
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/08/joyce-dennys-debts.html (28 Aug 2020)
Major General Lancelot ‘Lance’ Ernest DENNYS MC (1890-1942). Brother of artist and author Isobel Dorothy Joyce Dennys (1893-1991). Army general. He was brought up at ‘Ardtona’, Links Road.
* He gained his Military Cross following an engagement on 20 September 1918 at Shejarhar Bridge, during the Battle of Megiddo in Northern Palestine. ‘His personal gallantry and disregard of danger greatly inspired all ranks,’ read the citation.
* He was Chief of the British Military Mission to China during WW2.
* He died in an air crash on 14 March, 1942.
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2020/11/ww2-7514-born-leader-of-men-major.html (8 Nov 2020)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15217000/lancelot-ernest-dennys
DIANA, Princess of Wales (1961-1997)
* Anna Pasternak's book Princess in Love (1994) is an account of the alleged love affair between Diana and James Hewitt. Said to be based on Hewitt’s version of events, it describes the ‘long romantic walks’ along Budleigh’s secluded coastline that the couple took during the unhappy period of Diana’s marriage to Prince Charles.
* A local resident told me that many years ago he recalled finding a Range Rover parked in a side road in the village of Ebford, about seven miles north of Budleigh. A man and a woman were sitting in the front seats. ‘Our eyes met,’ he recalled. He thought he vaguely recognised her. ‘I’ll always remember the dazzling smile she gave me.’
https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2009/04/on-budleigh-beach.html
(29 April 2009)
https://www.devonlive.com/news/celebs-tv/princess-dianas-devon-love-trysts-298489
Daniel George DICKS (1910-1944)
* His parents
were Daniel and Jane Dicks; he was born in Taunton, Somerset, possibly living
in the village of Curland, from a farming family.
* His wife was
Lily Kathleen Dicks (1914-1992); her grave is in St
Peter’s Burial Ground on Moor Lane in Budleigh.
* Their children were Hazel June
Watts, née Dicks (1940-2007) and Daniel Dicks (1942-unknown).
* He died at
Monte Cassino, Italy, while on active service with the Hampshire Regiment during WW2. His rank was given as
Serjeant.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records note that his wife was 'of Budleigh Salterton'. The family lived for a time in East Budleigh, which is why he is remembered on East Budleigh's War Memorial and not on Budleigh Salterton's.
* You can read about him at https://budleighpastandpresent.blogspot.com/2021/02/ww2-75-29-january-1944-very-gallant-old.html
Lily
Kathleen DICKS (1914-1992)
* Her husband was Daniel George DICKS (1910-1944), who died at Monte Cassino, Italy, while on active service with the Hampshire Regiment during WW2.
* Their children were Hazel June Watts, née Dicks
(1940-2007) and Daniel Dicks (1942-).
* The family lived for a time in
East Budleigh, which is why he is remembered on East Budleigh's War Memorial
and not on Budleigh Salterton's.
* Her grave is in St Peter’s Burial Ground, Moor Lane.
Joseph DIXEY (1883-1918)
* His parents were John Dixey (c.1851-unknown) and Eliza Dixey, née Beechey, from Bampton, Oxfordshire.
* His wife was Ethel Jane Dixey, née Turner (unknown-1933). They were married in 1910.
* Their son Stanley sadly lived only
for a few months.
* Joseph Dixey
was a groundsman at the West Middlesex Golf Club in Southall, Middlesex before
moving to Budleigh Salterton. Researchers at the Devon Remembers website have
suggested that he may have been a groundsman at East Devon Golf Club.
* He died in
Belgium while serving in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment during WW1. His rank was given as Private.
* You can read about him at http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/dixey-joseph-edward
William James
DUNN (1891-1918)
* His parents were William Dunn and Elizabeth Dunn, née Bray, and were living in Newton Abbot, Devon, when he was born.
* His wife was Ellen
Elizabeth Dunn (later, Parker), née Braund (unknown-1969). They were married
in 1915.
* Their
daughter Ruby Elizabeth Dunn (1916-unknown) was born in Budleigh
Salterton.
* He died in
Northern France while serving with the Welsh Regiment during WW1. His rank was given as Private.
* His widow’s
second husband was Cecil Parker, with whom she had further children.
* You can read about him at http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/private-55381-w-dunn
Catherine ‘Kate’ Sophia Edye, née Huish (1855-1931)
* She was born in New Zealand on 24 June 1855.
* Her husband was Ernest Edye (1854-1931).
* Their children were Kathleen Charlotte Griffith, née Edye (1877-unknown); Ellen Minette Brounlie, née Edye (1880-1964); Charles Vivian de Grete Edye (1886-1914), who died in Belgium while serving with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during WW1;
* She died on 29 January 1931, and is buried with her husband, Ernest Edye (1854-1931), in All Saints’ churchyard, East Budleigh, pictured above.
Charles Vivian de Grete EDYE (1886-1914)
* His parents were Ernest
Edye (1854-1931) and Catherine ‘Kate’ Sophia Edye, née Huish (1855-1931).
* His
siblings were Kathleen Charlotte Griffith, née Edye
(1877-unknown); Ellen Minette Brounlie, née Edye (1880-1964), who died in Budleigh Salterton.
* He died
in Belgium while serving with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during WW1.
His rank was given as Lieutenant.
* You can read about him at http://www.devonremembers.co.uk/content/the-honoured/edye-charles-vivian-de-grete and
https://fairlynchgreatwar.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-race-for-sea10-oct-kia-17-september.html
Ernest EDYE (1854-1931)
* His parents were Joaquim Maria de Almeida-Portugal (1827- unknown) and Ellen Cordelia Edye (1828-1899)
* His wife was Catherine ‘Kate’ Sophia Edye, née Huish (1855-1931), born New Zealand on 24 June 1855
* Their children were Kathleen Charlotte Griffith, née Edye (1877-unknown); Ellen Minette Brounlie, née Edye (1880-1964); Charles Vivian de Grete Edye (1886-1914), who died in Belgium while serving with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry during WW1;
* He died at Syon House, East Budleigh, pictured above, on 6 June 1931, and is buried with his wife, Catherine ‘Kate’ Sophia Edye, née Huish (1855-1931), in All Saints’ churchyard, East Budleigh.
Adeline Frances Mary DUPPA, née Dart (later Dixon) (1844-1895). Artist
* Her husband was scientist Baldwin Francis Duppa (1828-1873) FRS.
* She made graphite drawings of the local landscape during her time in Budleigh, such as this one entitled 'Mouse Rocks'.
* Her drawings of Italian and Maderia plants and English fungi in the Natural History Museum are included in the Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturists.
* Her grave is in All Saints’ churchyard, East Budleigh.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/256582823/adeline-frances_mary_duppa-dixon
Baldwin Francis DUPPA FRS. (1828-1873) Scientist, died in Budleigh Salterton. His place of residence is unknown.
* His chemistry research in the 1860s included work on the synthetical genesis of acids of the lactic, acetic, and acrylic series; secondly, to the production of compounds of mercury with the organic radicals methyl, ethyl, and amyl; thirdly, to the synthetical formation of ketones; and fourthly, to the transformation of organo-mercury compounds into organo-zinc compounds.
* His brother, Phillip Darrell Duppa (1832-1892), was one of the early settlers of Arizona and is credited with naming the state’s largest city, Phoenix.
* His wife was artist Adeline Frances Mary Duppa née Dart (later Dixon) (1844-1895).
* His grave, pictured above, is in All Saints’ churchyard, East Budleigh.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspl.1872.0003
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/genealogy/records/baldwin-francis-duppa-24-88b61
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