The men of Upottery Home Guard
The picture shows 37 members of the Upottery Home guard (1935-1945)
Back row: F. Pym, M. Spiller, Richard Drew, Stanley Wright (Stanley Arthur William Wright born 1921 in Kilmington moved to Highley Farm, Upottery in 1931), Bert Cooke, Ern Joyce, A. Edwards, Len Wyatt, Reg Underdown, Tom Shepherd, Will Harris, Ed Selway, F. Bartlett and Jack Dare.
Second row: J. Baker, R. Edwards, William Bartlett, Cpl. Raymond Reed, W. Edwards, W. Salvage, Stanley Lane, B. Tidball, ? Spiller, J. Edwards, Arthur Quick, S. Retter, Henry Boyland, L. Pincombe and George Bond.
Front row (seated): Cpl. Alf Pavey, Cpl. Les Rowland, Sgt. J. Boyland, (Officer, rank unknown) W. Parris, (Officer, rank unknown but appears to be Lt.) F. Jefferies, Sgt. H. Crabb, Sgt. A. Crabb and Sgt. R. Wyatt.
Can you help with first names?
Top row- S Wright – Stanley Arthur William born 1921 at Kilmington, moved to Highley farm, Upottery 1931
Hi Karen, Many thanks for this. I will try to update the info on the photo. We have a new person working on the web site now starting this week.
Regards
Mike
Visited my 94 yr old mother at the weekend and she was able to give first names to most of these men two of them being a brother and brother in law.
so here goes apoligies for any incorrect ones but memory does forget how many generations ago it was sometimes;Richard Drew (dick), Stan Wright,Bert Cook, Ern Joyce,Len Wyatt,Reg Underdown,Tom Shepherd,Will Harris,Ed Selway,Fred or Frank Bartlett,Jack Dare.
William bartlett(Bill),Raymond Reed,Stanley Lane,Arthur Quick,Henry Boyland,Gorden Bond,
Alf Pavey,Les Rowland
Hope this helps
The photo you have of Up ottery school children1928 I think includes my mother but it,s not quite clear enough for me to be sure
Hi Wendy,
Thank you very much for the information which you and your mother have provided us with. I shall update the website this evening to reflect the full names of the men.
Regards
Andrew
Hi looking at photo of home guard 39/45 in Uppottery,that were my Dad was born and this picture has many of his Ewards family in it and so many old faces in it.Is there any way I could purchase a copy of this picture.my Dads family was Ewards and lived at Gorhaze farm
Hello George,
I understand Michael has tried to contact you about this. If you have not heard, please let me know and I will get in touch with him.
Andrew
Hello
I looked at picture of home guards and i am not sure if George Bond is my late dad. He served in the home guars as I have a certificate but never knew where he was stationed and cannot seem to find him anywhere. He did live at Creech St Michael at the time but I have seen a creech St Michael photo but unfortuatelly he was not in it.
The other reason why I thought it might be him in the upottery picture is my Ancestors came from around that part.
If anyone could shed some light on this I would be very grateful.
The home guard picture is small and not very clear so i cannot tell if it looks like my dad Gerge Bond or not. He was always called George but his real name was William George Bond.
Please e mail me if you know anything.
Most Grateful John Bond.
Hi John,
We will get in touch with you directly about this.
Andrew
Dear John,
My Bond family ancestors also came from Upottery. It would be good to be in contact. 07770803574. Geoff
Hi. The Home Guard picture names my Grandfather – Henry James Boyland. Is it possible to purchase a copy?
Hi Neville,
I understand Mike has been in touch with you. I hope this has helped.
Andrew
Hello. My Grandad, Stanley Lane is in the photo but it is a bit too small to see. Any chance of emailing me a bigger photo ? Thanks very much for a most interesting web site.
I have a photo of my late uncle, Frederick Jack Peters (Jack) in Home Guard uniform, standing ourside Braggs Cottage, Rawridge, Upottery. can you let me have any details of his service.
Many thanks
Brian
William Parris. Roy Edwards, William(Bill) Edwards, Arther Crabb, Arther Edwards. Bill was my grandad. Hopefully I’ve got it right!
William(Bill) Parris. Roy Edwards, William(Bill) Edwards, Arther Crabb, Arther Edwards. Bill Edwards was my grandad. Hopefully I’ve got it right!