13 February 1945

Cleverdon – February 9th at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Gracie (nee Daniel), wife of Richard J Cleverdon, Great Gorwood, Buckland Brewer, a daughter.
Mair – February 6th 1945 at Westminster Hospital, London, SW1, to Mary (nee Crofts), wife of Flight-Lieutenant William Austyn Mair, RAFVR, a son, Christopher William.
Sowden – at 2 Ivy Court, Appledore, to Private Sowden, BLA, and Mrs C Sowden (nee Gladys Evans), a son, Christopher.

Douglas Lane-Royle – February 6th 1945 at Southend, Commander C Douglas Lane, RD RNR, son of the late C M R Douglas Lane and Mrs Douglas Lane, Westward Ho!, Devon, and Cara, daughter of Mr and Mrs H M Royle, Thorpe Bay, Essex.
Keen-Taylor – January 25th 1945, by licence, at St Lawrence Church, Cowley, Middlesex, by the Rev R Boylette Steward, Richard Henry Keen, Queen’s Royal Regiment (CMF), youngest son of Mrs and the late Mr W Keen, 4 Myra Court, Appledore, to Gladys Elsie Taylor, only child of Mr and Mrs T J Taylor, 8 Dagnall Crescent, Cowley, Middlesex.
McLaren-Burton – January 13th at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Bideford, by the Rev Father Scanlan, Pilot Officer John A McLaren DFC, son of Mrs McLaren and the late Mr T McLaren, 27 Moss St. Garston, Liverpool, to Marion F Burton, daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Burton, 1 Church Walk, Bideford.
Taylor-Elrick – February 8th at St Mary’s Church, Appledore, Leonard George Idris, son of Mr and Mrs W H Taylor, 8 Marine Parade, Appledore, to Josephine Bennett Elrick, adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Oswald Bennett, 18 One End Street, Appledore.
Taylor-Jones - February 5th at St Mary’s Church, Bideford, by Rev T R Gibby, James Taylor, son of Mrs Taylor and the late Mr Taylor, 10 Victoria Grove, Bideford, to Dilys Jones, daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Jones, Porth Rhondda, S Wales.