During
the afternoon meeting to look at the map website in relation to Feniton, we
found it rather sparse on detail and hard to locate a format for data entry, so
we have decided to see how it develops and look at it again next year.
Geoff
is busy with his volunteer role at the Devon Heritage Centre, this time
cataloguing railway documents, one item was staff movement books, he looked for
staff local to Feniton, but none found.
The
Topsham branch line was mentioned more can be found at this link:
It
is suggested that we have a summer outing and walk using the train.
We
spoke of the fire at the Royal Clarence and Bob explained how the roof and wall
voids allowed the heat and fire to spread from the gallery across to the hotel.
The
next discussion was very timely it being Remembrance Tide. Many of our armed
forces were awarded medals for their service, though many deserving soldiers
missed out due to being on duties not recognised as deserving an award.
In
WW1 medals were only given for overseas service. The Battle of Britain flyers
also went without while based in the UK, Churchill said that giving medals to
all would devalue the status. More
information from this link:
Medals
are still being awarded for WW2. The Women’s Land Army have only recently been
recognised and the French government has been awarding the Légion d’honneur to
D-Day veterans from many different countries for several years, as a way of
honouring and thanking those who fought and risked their lives to secure
France’s liberation during the Second World War. The Arctic Star is a military
campaign medal which was instituted by the United Kingdom on 19 December 2012
for award to subjects of the British Commonwealth for service in the Second
World War, specifically those who served on the Arctic Convoys north of the Arctic
Circle
Next meeting will be in
the Nog Inn 8pm on Thursday 1st December.
