2 October 1945

Collier – September 25 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Violet (nee Dark), wife of Edwin Collier, RAF, a son, Andrew John
Fry – September 27 145 at The Royal North Devon Infirmary, Barnstaple, to the wife of Drummer P Fry (nee May Sherbourne) twins, Anthony John and Jennifer Ann
Holdridge – October 1 1945 at Link View, Golf Club, Westward Ho! to Ellen (nee Kelly), wife of Morris Holdridge, East Yorks Regt, a daughter, Sarah Ann
Johns – September 20 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford, to Beatrice, wife of Percy Johns, West Barton, Horwood, a daughter, Pauline
Pickard – September 29 1945 at Haeremai, Westward Ho! to Joyce (nee Tucker), wife of F A Pickard, Tennacott, Bideford, a son, Geoffrey Albert
Smart – September 21 1945 at the Torrington Cottage Hospital, to Violet (nee Curtis), wife of Pte J Smart, DCLI, a son, Alexander Howard John

Mackay-Squires – engagement announced between Dunstan Robert (John) Mackay, Park Avenue, Bideford, and Muriel Constance Squires, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Squires, 1 Myrtle Grove, Bideford

Chubb-Metcalfe – September 29 1945 at Trusham Parish Church by the Rev A Jones, Arthur Stanley, son of Mr and Mrs P W Chubb, Richmond Terrace, Bideford, to Margaret Birkett, daughter of Mr and Mrs J C Metcalfe, Silver Birches, Trusham
Hedden-Cork – September 26 1945 at St Helen’s Church, Abbotsham, by the Rev E A Du Cane, Harold Fulford, son of Mr and Mrs H Hedden, of Hoopers Water, Buckland Brewer, to Lucy Elizabeth, daughter of Mr and Mrs J P Cork, Adjavin Farm, Bideford

Newcombe-Shambrook – October 3 1920 at St John the Baptist Church, Instow, by the Rev Jenkins, William Frederick Newcombe to Maud Mary Shambrook. Present address: Rossholme, The Strand, Bideford