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

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 >