Hi Paul, thanks very much , I am at a loss to know why I can`t find a plaque for HMS Exeter , such a famous ship too ........but will try all three of these, ebay came up with a squillion completely non related items and I lost the will to live trying to narrow the search !!!! life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hockie" <paul.hockie@talk21.com> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [DEV] [DEVHMS EXETER > Elizabeth, > > Could not find a plaque but the following have assorted memorabilia. > > http://www.plymouthmilitarygifts.com/store/exeter.html > > http://www.navybluememorabilia.co.uk/ > > http://www.mycollectors.co.uk/content/lapel-Badges/naval-ships-badges.aspx > > Also try e-bay. > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On > Behalf Of elizabeth howard > Sent: 26 November 2013 11:10 > To: devon@rootsweb.com > Subject: [DEV] [DEVHMS EXETER > > Hi, just going to do a bit of place dropping, when I was > in South Africa the other year , I made a lavish promise to an old boy at > Simonstown naval museum that I would search out a plaque of the crest of > HMS > Exeter and went to the website hoping to order a copy but it appears to be > dead .....interesting but dead !!! since then although I have searched > , > I can find no source for this badge . The ship was of course at the River > Plate with HMS Ajax and Achilles so a very famous warship . Anyone know > of > any HMS Exeter association I could contact ? > > > > > life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jane Hope" <janehope-2008@hotmail.co.uk> > To: <devon@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:37 AM > Subject: Re: [DEV] Exeter people/groups granted freedom of the city > > >> Many thanks, I think I may look at hms Exeter and see if he might have >> been one of the crew as I know the crew of that ship wad granted the >> freedom if the city. Once again, many thanks, Jane >> >> Sent from my Windows Phone >> ________________________________ >> From: Roz Hickman >> Sent: 26/11/2013 07:47 >> To: devon@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [DEV] Exeter people/groups granted freedom of the city >> >> Hi Jane, >> >> Sorry it wasn't The Freedom he was granted - I expect they were given >> another sort of civic honour - there should be a book in the reference >> section of the city library listing those honoured for bravery during the >> war by E.C.C. >> >> In the 20c roughly only one person a year was made a freeman of the city, >> these were visiting dignitaries or men entitled "by succession". >> >> Kind regards >> >> Roz >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] On >> Behalf Of Jane Hope >> Sent: 25 November 2013 19:17 >> To: DEVON@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [DEV] Exeter people/groups granted freedom of the city >> >> Thank you all for trying to help re the people who've been granted the >> freedom of the city. I'll explain how my quest has come about. Many of >> you >> may know of a website Exeter Memories - rather a good site where people >> have >> added their memories of Exeter (I've done so myself). Anyway Exeter >> Memories now has a Facebook page and a number of us were "chatting" and >> remembered a bus conductor who was a real character and his name was >> Archie. >> I went on to say that my mother had told me that he'd been granted the >> freedom of the city along with a couple of other men for bravery during >> WWII. >> >> If you could help Roz, I'd be most grateful, but I don't know anything >> other >> than the man's name was Archie (short for Archibald I assume) and would >> have >> been given sometime around 1945 I would think. >> >> Most grateful >> >> Best wishes, >> Jane >> >> PS - sorry for delay in response but I've been away for a few days. >> >> >>> From: RozMH@talktalk.net >>> To: devon@rootsweb.com >>> Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 07:15:35 +0000 >>> Subject: Re: [DEV] Exeter people/groups granted freedom of the city >>> >>> Bev I was offering to look-up for Jane - I have the book. >>> Thanks anyway. >>> >>> Roz >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: devon-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:devon-bounces@rootsweb.com] >>> On Behalf Of B. Edmonds >>> Sent: 25 November 2013 05:32 >>> To: DEVON@rootsweb.com >>> Subject: Re: [DEV] Exeter people/groups granted freedom of the city >>> >>> Roz >>> >>> Who were you looking for? >>> Regards >>> Bev >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> From: "Roz Hickman" <RozMH@talktalk.net> >>> Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 7:51 PM >>> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> >>> Subject: Re: [DEV] Exeter people/groups granted freedom of the city >>> >>> > Hi Jane, >>> > >>> > The Devon and Cornwall Record Society published "Exeter Freemen >> 1266-1967" >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( >>> http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS >>> (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> ------------------------------------------ >>> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( >>> http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS >>> (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at >>> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon ( >> http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) and the Devon FHS >> (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> ------------------------------------------ >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) >> List archive for Devon can be found at >> http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi In ebay search box put "hms exeter" as is in inverted commas and then select category just to the right as Collectables and you come up with 335 results - hardly "squillions". Mike in windy Droitwich

Thanks for this correction !!!! I am not an ebay fan or user so it always seems more complicated than it is .......!!! life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fisher" <mjflists@btinternet.com> To: <devon@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 10:48 AM Subject: Re: [DEV] [DEVHMS EXETER > Hi > > In ebay search box put "hms exeter" as is in inverted commas and then > select category just to the right as Collectables and you come up with > 335 results - hardly "squillions". > > Mike in windy Droitwich > ------------------------------------------ > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > List archive for Devon can be found at > http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >