30 January 1945

Bissett – January 22 1945 at the Barnstaple Infirmary, to Jean (nee Sinclair), wife of Sergt James Bissett, RAF, a daughter, Gloria Jean
Cann – January 15 at the Grenville Nursing Home, to Florence (nee Budgen), wife of Leonard J Cann, a son, Nicholas Bartlett
De Vrieze – January 26 1945 at the Grenville Nursing Home, Bideford to Madam De Vrieze, wife of Oscar De Vrieze, a son, William, a brother for Anne Marie

Ritz-Pearson – engagement announced between Moira Pearson, Inglewood, Raleigh, Bideford, and Karl Ritz, Corporal, Coastal Artillery, US Army, of Bradford, Pennsylvania

Chantler-Fisher – January 27 1945 at the High Street Methodist Church, Bideford, by the Rev T E Clarke, Arthur Leslie Chantler, son of Mr and Mrs C G Chantler, 346 Woodham Lane, Weybridge, to Margaret Jean Fisher, daughter of Mr and Mrs F Fisher, Royston Road, Bideford

Hosegood-Shearer – December 23 1944 at St Mary’s Church, Govan Cross, Glasgow, by Rev J E Brown, MA, Sidney Arthur Hosegood, son of Mr and Mrs Hosegood, Northam, to Daisy Darnley Shearer, daughter of Mrs R Shearer and the late Mr R Shearer, Queensland Drive, Glasgow

Warwick-Manning – January 26 145 at St Mary’s Church, Bideford, Harold Frank Warwick, son of Mrs and the late Mr H Warwick, Sloane Square, London, to Maria Joan Manning, daughter of Mr and Mrs T A Manning, Park Lane, Bideford