9 January 1945

Lee – January 5th at the North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, to Freda (nee Dalling), wife of CPO W F Lee, DSM, RN, a son, Roderick William.

Ashton-Boswell – engagement announced between Edgar William, son of Mr and Mrs Ashton, Monkleigh, to Beryl Hazel, daughter of Mr and Mrs S Boswell, Bexley Heath, Kent.

Hill-Foster – December 26th 1944 at Woldensian Church, Taranto, Italy, by the Methodist Padre, Rev Simeon Jewkes, Albert Clause (Lieut, RA), son of Mr and Mrs A W Hill, Buckland Brewer, to Eileen (Sister, Military Hospital), daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Stewart Foster, Belfast.
Johnson-Bull – January 1st 1945 at Milton Abbot, by the Rev C R Bull (bride’s father), assisted by the Rev E W Moore (Vicar of Kelly), Lieut Cecil Agar Johnson, DSC, RN, son of Capt CC Johnson, RN (retd), and Mrs Johnson, of Croft, Instow, to Mary Ravenscroft Bull, WRNS, daughter of the Rev C R and Mrs Bull, Vicarage, Milton Abbot, Tavistock.
Parkin-Staines – December 25th 1944 at St Mary’s Church, Appledore, AB Arthur Parkin, Chesterfield, to Miss Eileen Staines, of Appledore.