Luppitt Packet
November 2014 USEFUL LUPPITT PHONE NUMBERS
Parish Council: Chairman, John Thorne 01404 891412 m. 07748 780096 Clerk: Rosalind Buxton 01404 861481 Village Hall: Chairman: Brian Pulman 891324 Secretary: Mary Joyce 891328 Commoners: Secretary : Gavin Brake 892767 Footpaths : Kathy Crabb : 891662 Luppitt Wives: Mrs Jean Hooper: 892969 PCC secretary: Wendy Watson 891959 Vicar: Rev Rik Peckham - 01404 891243 Church Administrator: Mrs Karen Davies 890121 (9:30 to 10:30 am) Churchwardens: Brian Pulman 891324 John Arbuthnott 891032 Mothers Union: Olive Clapp MBE 891386 Captain of Bellringers: Pearl Pulman 891324 Cricket Club: S Berry 891268 Luncheon Club: Jean Hooper 892969 Hartridge Buddhist Monastery: 891251
Highway Faults - online: http://www.devon.gov.uk/index/transportroads/roads/ road_maintenance.htm Alternatively, telephone 0845 155 1004 and give the fault information or email
OTHER USEFUL NUMBERS Dog Warden : 01395 517457 To get in touch with your MP - Write: Crimestoppers:: 0800 555111 Neil Parish MP Blackdown Practice: House of Commons Dunkeswell 01823 681720 London Blackdown Support Group: SW1A 0AA (Hemyock) 01823 681036 Telephone: Honiton Medical Centre : 548544 0207 219 7172 Honiton Hospital: 540540 email: Dev.Air Ambulance: 01392 466666 [email protected] TRIP: 46529: community transport C.A.B.: 44213 Local Constituency Agent : Honiton Library: 41212 Lucille Baker E. Devon District Council: 01395 233503 [email protected] 01395 516551
It is with great sadness we heard of the death of Ethel Frances Wilson of Shelf Farm, on October 18th, at the wonderful age of 91. We send our condolences to her whole family.
Many thanks to Ros Grimes and Grahame Smith for the tremendous amount of research that has gone into the article about the people from Luppitt who died in the First World War on page 24. We will be remembering them on November 9th at 10.50am at the War Memorial.
There is a Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Event at the Village Hall on November 6th and 7th. See page 14. The draft Plan is on page 32 to read beforehand.
And finally - The Luppitt Packet Christmas Coffee Morning will be on November 27th at Luppitt House. See page 10. Hooray, Christmas can begin!
Have a good month - Lindsey Dalgety
LUNCHEON CLUB
Jean Hooper is looking for someone to help at the Luncheon Club, each month or on a rota. Please let me know if you are interested. Ring Jean Hooper 892969.
HARVEST SUPPER. I would like to Thank everyone who came to the Harvest Supper, also the helpers in the kitchen. I sent a cheque for £200 to Children Hospice Southwest, from the profit of the supper. Jean Hooper.
1 LUPPITT PARISH COUNCIL
Clerk’s report of a meeting of Luppitt Parish Council held in the Village Hall on Tuesday, 7 October 2014 at 8 pm
Cllr Brake chaired the meeting in the absence of Cllr Thorne. Apologies were received and the Minutes of the meeting held on Tuesday, 2 September 2014 were signed as a true record.
PLANNING Applications (for comment, support or objection) – the Parish Council had no objection to the following:
14/2244/FUL Franklyns Farm, Beacon, Honiton, EX14 4TT – change of use of land to form domestic curtilage and construction of two storey rear extension (amendments to 13/0184/FUL).
14/2076/FUL Palmerhayes Farm, Honiton, EX14 4TY – construction of raised terrace on west elevation, flue, construction of sewage treatment plant, French doors on annexe building. This amendment concerns a beech tree which has been categorised as a C1 low quality tree which would not normally be considered for retention. However, the owner wishes to retain the tree. The report states “Potential impacts to the beech tree due to development are concrete pads excavated into the ground near it to support a steel framed timber decked terrace. To limit such impacts it is proposed to omit one upright and span the additional gap of 3.6m.” The conclusion is that “the tree is of sufficient vigour to cope with disturbance in close proximity and may be retained for the medium term, forecasted for 20 years.”
14/1718/FUL and 14/1719/LBC Mountstephens Farm, Luppitt, Honiton, EX14 4SU – changes to fenestration and reduction in number of roof lights.
Neighbourhood Plan H The Steering Group met on Thursday, 2 October, when the aims and objectives of our Neighbourhood Plan were discussed in detail. As a result of that discussion, Cllr Brake has drawn up draft aims and objectives which have been circulated to the Steering Group for comments. These draft aims and objectives will form the basis of the consultation events to be held on Thursday, 6 November, (4 pm to 8 pm) and Friday, 7 November, (between 11 am and 1 pm to coincide with the Friday market) when everyone in the parish is welcome to come and discuss them. The aims and objectives should reflect the feelings and wishes of the whole parish especially their effect on Luppitt for future generations.
2 HIGHWAYS AND TRAFFIC
SWH – Road closures Cllr Tucker was very impressed with the quality of the resurfacing work which had been completed in 3 days despite adverse weather conditions. The clerk was asked to pass on to the Neighbourhood Highway Officer the Parish Council’s appreciation of a job very well done.
Parish Highways programme Two new items added – Coombeshead Lane and the footbridge at the Mill. Schedule updated as follows:
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4 5 FOOTPATHS AND BRIDLEWAYS Cllr Tucker is replacing the gate and post on footpath 17.
Definitive Map Review Consultation Cllr Brake advised the meeting that he has heard nothing further about the review of claims for new footpaths across Luppitt parish.
ENVIRONMENT/COMMUNITY FACILITIES Community policing report - No crimes have been reported.
Playing Pitch Strategy - The planned consultation on East Devon’s playing pitch strategy has been deferred.
Luppitt Children’s Christmas Party A request had been received for a contribution to the Children’s Christmas party. Cllr Crabb proposed that a donation of £150.00 was made and this was seconded by Cllr Pulman. Everyone was in favour.
Funding application to Devon Remembers The churchwarden has ordered a wreath on behalf of Luppitt Parish Council and a cheque was signed and given to Cllr Pulman to pass on.
Clerk’s report Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014 NALC issued updated Model Standing Orders in 2013. Clerk will review the Parish Council’s Standing Orders against this latest version whilst taking into account the new regulations which came into force on 6 August 2014. Clerk to report back at the next meeting. DALC courses It was agreed that the clerk could attend two courses – Budgets and Precepts on 21 October and Preparing for Elections on 8 January 2015. Community Council of Devon – certificate of membership to be placed on notice- board in Village Hall.
CHAIRMAN’S DISCRETION Village Hall Management Committee Cllr Crabb proposed that Cllr Brake be elected as the Parish Council’s representative on the Management Committee. This was seconded by Cllr Tucker with all in favour. NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN QUESTIONNAIRE The Parish Council asked the clerk to establish who won the £100 draw prize.
QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC (The meeting to be closed before questions from the public.)
There were no questions. The meeting closed at 9 pm.
Dates for next meeting – to be held in Luppitt Village Hall at 8 pm:
Tuesday, 4 November 2014 Tuesday, 2 December 2014 6 Villages In Action – Sheldon Village Hall – th Wednesday 12 November 7.30pm. The village of Sheldon on the Blackdown Hills is hosting its first Villages In Action show on Wednesday 12 th November. It will be - Beneath the Albion Sky – a one man theatre production which has been developed by the writing theatre company, Write By Numbers . Mixing travelogue with historical fact (and fantasy), Beneath the Albion Sky is a walking story about our relationship with England’s past, the landscape around us and the things our imaginations do to cope with loss. http:// writebynumbers.co.uk/projects/beneath-the-albion-sky/ Prior to the VIA tour the show will have been to London and Bristol and there will be an opportunity to ask questions about the production after the show. It is suitable for ages 11 and above – there will be a family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) at a discount although tickets will only be £8 for adults, £5 for school age, and available shortly. Contact John Carr on 01404 841367 or Grace Martin at [email protected]
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LUPPITT OVER 60'S LUNCHEON CLUB.
Thursday 13th November 2014, 12.30 for 1pm
Glass of Sherry
Liver& Bacon Casserole Potatoes Seasonal Vegetables
Plum Crumble with Custard
Tea & Coffee Raffle £4.50 Jean Hooper Tel - 01404 892 969
LUPPITT WIVES GROUP .
Our next meeting will be on Thursday 20th November 2014 at Mrs Joan Beckett’s Cuckoo Cottage at 8pm. She will be doing some cooking.
We will have our Skittle Evening on Saturday 15th November 2014 at the Village Hall at 8pm. Please let me know if you are coming. Jean Hooper 892969
Honiton Mobile Library arrive depart
November 5th Village Hall 12.30pm 13.00pm December 3rd Village Hall 12.30pm 13.00pm
NOTE—Mobile library now visits once every 4 weeks.
9 Meet Your Friends and Neighbours at the The Luppitt Packet
Bring & Buy Coffee Morning Mince Pies at
Entrance £1 Luppitt House Raffle On Thursday, November 27th
10.30 to 12.00 noon
By kind invitation of Mr & Mrs Hamilton
10 HIGHLANDS FARM SHOP SMEATHARPE, EX14 9R. 01823 602905
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Oven ready Free Range Geese, Bronze & White Turkey. Gammon Joints, Cranberry Jelly, Cheeses, Pigs in Blankets, Christmas Cakes & Puddings, Homemade mincemeat & mince pies, Christmas Trees, Wreaths & mistletoe
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Oven Ready Turkeys White or Bronze- Free Range £5.10/kg - £7.45/kg Organic £11.45/kg - £11.60/kg Free Range Oven Ready Geese – £9/kg Organic £14.25/kg Large Free Range Oven Ready Chicken £4.99/kg Devon Beef Minced/stewing £7/kg Joints £8-10/kg Steaks - Rump £15/kg Sirloin 17.50/kg Fillet £34/kg Free Range G.O.S Pork - £5/kg Highlander Sausage £5.69/kg Half a Lamb £60 by order, Frozen Joints Available Free Range Eggs Medium £1.75/dz Large £1.95/dz 2lt Milk £1, Potatoes 20k £5.50 or 10k £3.50
All Meat Sourced within 4miles of Shop and Butchered by Tim Potter.
11 Recipes for a berry, merry Christmas
I love the build up to Christmas, especially the rich aromas of spices from the cakes and tarts and mulled wines that characterize our traditional fare. And there is no doubt we are already firmly into the pre-Christmas build up with shops full of Christmas cakes and puddings and Christmas carols already wafting out of some shop sound systems.
This year has produced a fabulous harvest both in the kitchen garden and in the hedgerow. Out walking the other week, we came across a hedgerow absolutely laden with sloes. An hour later, my friend and I had bagfuls of gorgeous plump sloes ready to make sloe gin. Below you will find some ideas of how to use sloe gin to add a new dimension to your Christmas season menus.
Starting with the traditional mince pie ….in my house, it gets a huge makeover to produce a lighter, healthier mincemeat which still has all the lovely fruitiness and warm spiciness which is the essence of Christmas.
My mincemeat mix starts with a kilo of plums, simmered in the juice of three large oranges (you need about 200ml of juice). You need to simmer them for about 15 or 20 mins until they are really soft, then let them cool a bit and blitz them in a food processer or push them through a sieve to get a loose puree. Turn the puree into a bowl or even better, a large Kilner jar and add about 750 grams of sweet dessert apples, peeled cored and chopped into small cubes or grated, whichever you prefer.
Then add about 750 grams of mixed, dried fruit. I use mainly raisins and sultanas with a few currants, but you can use whatever mix you like. Then in goes about 150 grams of orange marmalade, with lots of orange peel shreds in, grated zest of 3 oranges, between 200 and 400 grams of demerara sugar (depends on how sweet your plums and apples are), 2 heaped teaspoons of ground ginger, a couple of teaspoons of freshly grated nutmeg, a handful of chopped walnuts or almonds and a small wineglass of ginger wine. The mixture will seem rather sloppy and you might think it will never thicken up….but trust me….it does.
You then cover the bowl or seal the Kilner jar and leave it for 12 or 24 hours, giving the mixture the odd stir or shake. The fruit will plump up and absorb the plum puree and the sugar, so your mixture will look a lot thicker by the end of its soaking period.
12 Then….spread your mixture in a large baking dish and put in the oven at its lowest setting – or in the slow oven of an Aga – and cook for 1 ½ to 2 hours until the mix is fairly thick and gorgeously fragrant. And ….the final touch…..add half a small wine glass of sloe gin, then ladle the hot mix into sterilized jars and store in a cool dark place for at least one month.
When it comes to actually making your mince pies, you can make them in the traditional way, or you can ring the changes again by using sweet shortcrust pastry for your bottom, then using an almond frangipane mix as a topping. For the frangipane, just cream 50g of butter with 50 of golden caster sugar, beat in one medium sized egg, fold in 50g of ground almonds, a tablespoon of plain flour and a couple of drops of almond essence. Spread over your mincemeat filling and top with a scattering of flaked almonds. Then bake as normal.
You can also use sloe gin to make a very special festive plum pie or crumble. Just halve your plums, taking out the stones, spread them cut side up in a baking tray, add one or two tablespoons of demerara sugar for every pound of plums, then sprinkle with a good pinch of ground cinnamon or use a whole cinnamon stick, a couple of Star Anise, the juice of an orange, and a couple of tablespoons of sloe gin. Cover the dish with foil and bake the plums in a medium hot oven for about 15 minutes until the juices start to run, then uncover the dish and continue baking until the plums are beginning to caramelize at the edges and the juices are thickened – about another 15 mins. You can then freeze them or keep them in an airtight jar in the fridge for a week. Use that mixture to fill your pie or form the base of your crumble and you will have a very special dessert. Substituting ground almonds for some of the flour in your pastry or crumble mix adds more luscious flavour.
And finally…..for a special Christmas season dinner with family or friends, try simply roasted, well seasoned duck (the free range ducks from Bartletts Farm Shop in Honiton are the best I have ever tasted). Make your sauce from the pan juices plus some chicken stock, a good handful of blackberries, a tablespoon of redcurrant or crab apple jelly and a good slug of sloe gin. Add some finely chopped fresh ginger if you like a little heat in your sauce.
Delicious! Christine Ryder
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16 Surprised? Yes, I was... It’s never happened before. I’ve been writing for the Packet for, oh, twenty- five years (sometimes it seems longer) and never before have I received a written response. Now, suddenly, two readers have written in with kind words. Thank you, Naomi Lott and David Lockyer for making the effort to write with some interesting information. Who would have thought that an ancestor of the second US president, John Adams, came from Charlton Mackrell? Writing for the magazine is a little like Prof Pillinger’s space probes; with some effort you do something and away it goes. And that can be the last you hear of it. So, people do read the Packet. It’s quite reassuring to find out that the Packets don’t just disappear into the Great Unknown after all. This interest will of course only spur me on to write a little more about names. Perhaps not just more about Bournes, Charltons and Newtons, but maybe some intriguingly odd ones. Are you kidding about Droop, Naomi? DS
LETTER FROM BRITA AND TONY STRONG
Dear Ex Luppitt neighbours,
As we were unable to see everyone before our final days at Colehill, we want to take this opportunity to say goodbye and thank you for the past 20 years of happy living at Colehill. You may miss the sheep House sign as you drive down the lane - it had to come to New Zealand with us. Thank you Julia for giving it a spruce up a few years ago.
Well we will be calling Waitoki our new home. It is about 30 miles north of Auckland and we will be living right amongst huge areas of Woods. It is all very beautiful and Tony can continue with the bird feeding, as they already coming to the backdoor at our daughter's house.
It was obviously a very big step and we are still getting over the dreaded jet lag thing - which at 81 is not easy! But it is beautiful and we are back together as a family- and we are sure that Colehill would have become too much for us soon.
All the best to you all and thank you again for our time in Luppitt
Brita and Tony Strong
17 LUPPITT CHILDRENS CHRISTMAS PARTY
Calling all Luppitt Children You are invited to our Christmas Party on Saturday 20th December 2014 2.30 til 5.30 pm Hot food served at 4.30pm Visit from Santa Entertainment by: Professor Fumble
To secure a place please email Mandy at [email protected] or text on 07817 517425 by 7 th December 2014 (no bookings after this date please)
18 GARDEN JOTTINGS by D.Street
It's another day of glorious light, but they've given rain overnight, and it'll be all downhill after that. Well, warm days don't last for ever in our neck of the woods. All in all it hasn't been a bad year, a near frostless winter and a lot of warm weather since then, especially during September. The unbroken mild spell last winter led to some strange things happen- ing. For one, my kaffir lilies - schizostylis for the learned and of course schizostylis coccinea for the even more learned - red and pink with a rare white form, behaved very oddly. Coming out last October - quite right there too - but then going on all winter, and still out with new blooms into April. It had another go in June. Made a mistake there. And it was out again in August, and is still out now at its proper season. The kaffir lily is from South Africa with leaves like a small gladiolus, and not too hardy with us, but usually manages. Mine are pink. I lost all the reds to frost a couple of years ago. One fruit - I mentioned fruit recently - the warm weather will have help ripen is the kiwi fruit. It is native to China, but was taken across to New Zea- land about 1900. So it is called both the Chinese gooseberry, because people thought it looked like a gooseberry or tasted like a gooseberry, and also a kiwi fruit, because it grew so well in New Zealand, or maybe it looked like a kiwi. In the beginning I expect it was in the Ark, as you need a pair of them to get any fruit. Actually nowadays some varieties are self-fertile, so you can get away with having just one. Kiwis are a little like figs, too many leaves and not enough fruit. It's a good idea to have them near a warm wall to help ripen the fruit in autumn. Big Hen too has loved the recent warm spell. Yes, Big Hen is still going strong, and has been able to peck around the garden on sunny after- noons. Mind you, you have to keep a wary eye on the big feet, if you value your seedlings. These days Big Hen stands on the patio and surveys her lands below. "Up here at last with them all." "Well personally, I'm not all that keen myself, but there it is," JCS casts another glance at the big feet." Now shadows are lengthening and day is over sooner. It won't belong before Big Hen is back in before 5.
19 Saturday 10th January 2015 at The Manor Rooms, Upottery
Morning Performance 10.30am Afternoon Performance 1.30pm
Tickets: £5 - Under 2s Free
All children must be accompanied by an adult
To Book Contact: Tia: 07729780435 or Ali: 07929856003 [email protected]
Raising Money for Upottery Pre-School - Charity No. 1030355 20 Luppitt Bowls
The finals of Mixed Pairs Took place 13 th October, The winners being G Crabb and P Pulman presented by Joy Tofts.
Upottery Pre-School Report
Each week, the children have the task of bringing something in beginning with the letter for that week, which are then showed to the group after registration. So, at the start of term we began with, rather logically, the letter ‘A’!
Included with the letter of the week is a shape for that week too, so there is always a wide range of objects, shapes and a few photos from home to show and also ac- tivities during the sessions that relate to the letter. For example, the letter ‘C’ pro- duced a range of funny shaped carrots, a coconut, conkers and chestnuts, and within some of the sessions the children made cauliflower cheese and some chut- ney, making their own labels too!
We also have a community wall display building up, and each child has been asked to bring in a photo of their home. The wall display consists of a giant map of the valley of Upottery and each child’s photo of their home is placed in the appropriate place to where they live on the map, it looks really good and the children love seeing their homes on there! It helps them get an idea of their community around them.
21 The Eleventh Hour of the Eleventh Day of the Eleventh Month I stopped at the crossroads. As I looked for a gap in the traffic I noticed a long, low stone memorial on one corner. We had seen many such memorials during our wanderings in France. Often a stone marked an incident in the war of 1939-1945. There would be names, and a simple inscription in French like ‘died for France’ or ‘killed by the Germans’ with the date. Usually a French flag, or some flowers, showed that someone had not forgotten. The monument at this crossroads carried not the Tricolour but the Stars and Stripes. Fifteen American servicemen were named. They had been prisoners-of-war. In the face of the Allied advance, towards the end of the war, their German captors had brought them near the crossroads and shot them. You may wonder why I looked at the memorial. I feel a need to stop at such places when I come to them, for to disregard them seems to me at best insensitive and at worst a kind of insult or betrayal. I stop and read the inscription, and pause, for a few minutes, to think of those who died. The cemeteries from the terrible battles of 1914-1918 have a similar effect on me. Even though there are so many, I find it hard to pass them by. Some are vast, with thousands of headstones, and others have just a few dozen. They are always surrounded by a wall, and invariably they are beautifully kept, often in strong contrast to the adjoining farmland or countryside. Frequently you can identify the cemeteries from afar, as the rows of headstones make strong geometric patterns. These patterns stand out extremely clearly from the surroundings. As we came over the crest of a small hill, I recognised one such pattern. The colour did not seem quite right, however. I soon understood why: a very small sign indicated the cemetery of ‘Soldats Allemands’. We approached, and I hesitated at the closed gates. The memorials and cemeteries we had seen had all been for British and Allied forces. I had felt sadness for them. They were my countrymen,
22 or friends on our side. However this cemetery was German. They had been the enemy of 1914-1918. They had killed thousands of British soldiers. I waited, and thought for a long moment, then pushed open the iron gate. Row on row of graves stretched into the distance. They merged into greyness. They were grey Christian crosses, and among them many headstones bearing the Star of David. They were the graves of young men , aged eighteen, twenty, twenty-two. Men who were sent to their slaughter, as surely as the northern regiments of Pals. In this cemetery there more than forty-four thousand graves. On the eleventh we remember our soldiers killed in the two World Wars, and in other conflicts like Ireland, Korea, Malaya, the Gulf, the Falklands and Afghanistan. Should I not shed a tear, too, for those 44,000?
(German Cemetery, Langemark, nr Pilken) DS
Mother and Sons
Why are you going away Boys And leaving me lonely at home? We’re off to fight in the war Ma, At a little known place called “The Somme”.
Why are you leaving again Boys, And where are you going this time? We’re off to fight at the front Ma, And we’ll peg out our smalls on the “Siegfried Line”.
Why do you volunteer Boys When you know you may never come back? We’re off to fight the Devil, Ma Be it Afghanistan or Iraq.
So don’t worry yourself about us Ma, We’ll win through no matter the odds. ‘cos with right on our side and with true British Pride, We’ll come home again soon Ma, please God.
Joy Tofts
23 LEST WE FORGET – MEN OF LUPPITT WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
EDWARD In 1891, 4-year old Edward was living with his parents, who BURROUGH kept the Star Inn in New Street, Honiton & by 1901 he was boarding at Crewkerne Grammar School. In December 1909 Edward Burrough he arrived in Detroit, USA, en route for Canada. He was a clerk, had paid his own fare & had $80 in cash. On his border was born crossing papers he was described as being 5’10” tall, with On 13 February hazel eyes, ruddy complexion and a scar on his forehead. He 1887, the son of left Canada in January 1911 & since his father died in Honiton Edward Burrough that March, it is likely that Edward was on his way back to & his second wife England. Certainly he was living with his widowed mother at Ellen, originally of Sunnyside, New Street, Honiton in 1911, working as an Luppitt ironmonger’s assistant. On 25 September 1911, Edward returned to Canada and in Vancouver on 16 November 1914, he enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force, giving his profession as provincial policeman. He had also served for four years with the 1 st Royal Volunteers in Exeter.
75901 Private Edward Burrough, 29 th Battalion, The Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment) died on 19 April 1916 at the Battle of St Eloi and has no known grave. His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate at Ypres, Panel 18-28-30. (In fact, Canadian Casualty Records show his body was found ‘outside a trench at Bus House, St Eloi’, but this information did not reach the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.) The Battle of St Eloi was the only battle of the Great War when the Canadian Forces had to admit defeat. Map-reading problems, appalling weather & very difficult fighting conditions led to huge casualties.
Private Edward Burrough was 29 years of age.
WILLIAM DAVEY In 1891, 9-year old William was living with his parents at Barnfield Farm, Luppitt. His family later moved to The Mill, William Davey was Luppitt, but there is no trace of William again until 1911, when baptised at Luppitt he was living in Clapton, West Crewkerne, Somerset, working as a miller. He married Elizabeth F Crabb in Chard, Somerset, on 30 June 1881, in 1912 & at the time of his death she was living at Riverside, the son of Robert & Hewish, Crewkerne.
Elizabeth Ann th Davey, millers & 3940 Driver William Davey, 29 Division Ammunition Coloum, Royal Field Artillery, died of disease on 16 February 1919. He dairy farmers of was buried at Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, just north Barnfield Farm, of Boulogne, France. Grave Ref: XII.D.10. This cemetery was Luppitt. primarily for those who died at the base hospitals.
Driver William Davey was 37 years of age. 24 JOHN EVANS In 1891, 5-year old John was living with his maternal grandmother, Ann Rowland, a few doors away from the rest of John Evans was his family at Tapsterwater. His father Isaac died and was baptised at Luppitt buried at St Mary’s, Luppitt on 24 September 1894 and on 5 on 2 May 1886, the September 1985 his mother Elizabeth married John Finnemore son of Isaac & at St Mary’s and moved to Silver Street, Honiton. In 1900, two Elizabeth Ann Evans of his siblings died within two months of each other and were of Tapsterwater, buried in Luppitt. By 1901, 15-year old John was living at Luppitt. Dolish Farm and working as a cattle boy for farmer Arthur Summers. There is no trace of him in 1911.
7903 Lance Corporal John Evans, 1 st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, died on 22 May 1915 and is buried at Spoilbank Cemetery, Ypres. Grave Ref: I.C.4. This cemetery contains the graves of those who died holding the road from Ypres to Armentieres.
Lance Corporal John Evans was 29 year of age. SIDNEY HAYES In 1891, 3-year old Sidney was living with his parents at Pulmans Cottage in Beacon, where his father was an Sidney Hayes was agricultural labourer. In 1901 he was living at Pound, Beacon baptised at Luppitt and working as a cattle boy for farmer Francis Ewins. There is on 18 June 1888, the no trace of him in 1911. son of Henry & Ann 15652 Private Sidney Hayes, The Royal Irish Fusiliers, died on Hayes of Pulmans 1 September 1915 & was buried in Gibraltar (North) Cemetery. Cottage, Beacon. Grave Ref: C 3070. This cemetery was used for the burial of soldiers & sailors who died onboard ships passing Gibraltar, or who died in the Military Hospital. It is likely that Private Hayes (who served under the alias Coles) was returning from Gallipoli.
Private Sidney Hayes was 27 years of age. JOHN LENTLE In 1891, 6-year old John was living with his parents at Birds Overday, Luppitt, where his father was an agricultural labourer. John Lentle was By 1901, he was at Gulleylane, next door to Birds Overday, baptised at Luppitt working as a labourer for farmer James Collier. In 1911, he on 29 March 1885, was living at Penn Cottage with his father, William; both were the son of William & farm labourers. His mother was a patient in the RDE Hospital, Emma Lentle of Exeter, where she died in 1912. She was 40 years old, mother Luppitt. William to 14 children, 11 still living. In June 1911, John Lentle married Lentle was for many Alice Jane Bird of Payhembury. Their twin sons, Harold Frank years sexton at St & William John, were baptised at Luppitt in May 1912. Mary’s Luppitt 25615 Private John Lentle enlisted at Honiton in the 2 nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment. He died on 31 October 1918 & was buried at Valenciennes (St Roch) Communal Cemetery. Grave Ref: II .F. 13. The Battle of Valenciennes, on the Franco-Belgian border, began on 1 November 1918, just days before the Armistice was signed.
Private John Lentle was 33 years of age.
25 FRED LOCK In 1891, 3-year old Fred was living with his parents at Kitts Farm, Upottery. By 1901, he was living at Chapplehayes Farm, Fred Lock was Upottery, working as a cattle boy for farmer Henry Newcombe. born in Upottery in Charlotte Pike of 3 Littletown, Luppitt was also working there as a 1887, the son of housemaid. In 1907, Fred & Charlotte married and move to Frank & Grace Lamberts Cottage, Luppitt, where their two daughters were born: Lock of Kitts Farm, Charlotte Mary in 1912 & Daisy in 1913, both baptised at Luppitt . Upottery 3010 Private Fred Lock, 2 nd /4 th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment, was taken prisoner by the Turks following the five- month Siege of Kut in Iraq in April 1916. This was said to be the most humiliating surrender in British military history. Thousands of prisoners, already weakened by disease & starvation, were forced by their Turkish captors to walk to prison camps in Turkey, enduring brutal treatment on the way. Fred died in Adana, Turkey, on 15 September 1916, having walked many hundreds of miles. Later his body was exhumed from Adana & reburied in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Grave Ref: XXI.W.47. This cemetery is in the politically sensitive Waziriah sector of Baghdad & cannot currently (2014) be visited.
Private Fred Lock was 29 years of age. JESSE JAMES Jesse’s mother died in 1898 & in 1901, 6-year old Jesse was living LOCKE with his sister & her husband at Hembury Fort Cottage, Awliscombe. His father died in 1909. By 1911, Jesse was living Jesse James at Red Doors, Luppitt, working as ‘cowboy on a farm’ for farmer Locke was Ivah Dampier . baptised at Luppitt 89325 Gunner Jesse James Locke, The Royal Field Artillery (Base on 26 January Depot), died of dysentery on 19 September 1915 and his name is 1895, the youngest inscribed on the Alexandria (Chatby) Memorial in Egypt. Grave son of Thomas & Ref: F104. The Chatby Memorial commemorates those who have Elizabeth Locke of no grave but the sea. Over 100 servicemen lost their lives off the 2 Pulshayes coast of Alexandria aboard hospital vessels. Some were lost Cottage, Luppitt when their hospital ship was sunk by enemy action, other died of sickness or wounds aboard these vessels & were buried at sea.
Gunner Jesse James Locke was 20 years of age. FRED PULMAN In 1901, 3-year old Fred was living at Rye Park, Beacon, with his paternal grandparents, James & Matilda Pulman. James was Fred Pulman was working as a mason. In 1911, Fred was still living with his baptised at Luppitt grandparents, but the family had moved to Honeywells & Fred was on 29 May 1898, attending school. James was now working as a builder. the son of Robert 291012 Private Fred Pulman, 9 th (Service) Battalion, The Sydney & Elizabeth Devonshire Regiment, died on 10 October 1917 & has no known Pulman of grave. He fell at the Battle of Poelcappelle, during the Third Battle Meshayes, Luppitt of Ypres. His name is inscribed on Panel 38-40 of the Memorial to & later of Aller the Missing at Tyne Cot, Zonnebeke, in Flanders. Beer, Combe Raleigh. Private Fred Pulman was 19 years of age.
26 WILLIAM ROWLAND In 1891, 1-year old William was living with his parents at Mount Stephens Cottage, Luppitt. His father (sometimes William Rowland was known as Henry) was an agricultural labourer. By 1901, baptised at Luppitt on 6 the Rowland family had moved to Snooks & in 1911 April 1890, the son of William was working as a mason & lodging in William Henry & Caroline Smeatharpe with George Clode, a contracting mason. (nee Hooper) Rowland, of William’s parents were living at Little Town, Luppitt & his Luppitt. father was a masoning labourer. The family later moved to Bird’s Cottage, Luppitt.
41201 Sapper William Rowland enlisted at Axminster in 219 th Field Company, The Royal Engineers. He died on 19 November 1916 during the Battle of the Somme (probably during the capture of Beaumont Hamel) & was buried at Mailly Wood Cemetery, just north of Albert on the road to Amiens, France.
Sapper William Rowland was 26 years of age. WILLIAM JAMES In 1901, 1-year old William was living at Cot with his TOTTERDELL parents. His father was a farmer. By 1911, the family had moved to Cawleys Farm, Stockland and 12-year old William James Totterdell William was at school. was born in Luppitt on 1 27300 Private William James Totterdell enlisted at January 1899, the son of Taunton in The 6 th Battalion, The King’s Shropshire Light John & Eliza Totterdell of Infantry. He was killed in action on 1 April 1918 & was Cot, Luppitt. buried at Savy British Cemetery, St Quentin, France, having been exhumed from l’Epine-de-Dallon & reburied in an individual grave. Grave Ref: I.G.3.
Private William James Totterdell was 19 years of age.
Ros Grimes & Grahame Smith are grateful to the Commonwealth War Graves Com- mission and Ancestry.com for the use of their archive material in the research and preparation of this memorial. Light Up A Life for someone special
We know that at this time of year, many people’s thoughts turn to those no longer with us. Hospiscare’s Light Up A Life campaign remembers departed friends and family, through our uplifting services and our Book of Memories where you can make your dedication. A light will then shine on our Christmas tree in Cathedral Green, Exeter, over the festive period. To make a dedication contact Paula on 01392 688020 for a form, or visit your local shop to pick one up or visit our website www.hospiscare.co.uk
Your local Light Up A Life service will be in Honiton, St Paul's Church, December 3rd at 7pm.
27 Forthcoming Services at St Mary's
Sunday 2 November 9:30 am Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion * Sunday 9 November 10:50 am Remembrance Day Service † Sunday 16 November 11:00 am Common Worship Holy Communion ‡ Sunday 23 November 11:00 am All Age Worship † Sunday 30 November 11:00 am Five Worship Together (All Age Worship)
(* Revd Ron White † Brig Nigel Speller ‡ Revd John Pangbourne officiating)
Other Services in the Mission Community
St Andrew’s St Nicholas’ St James the Greater St Mary the Virgin Broadhembury Dunkeswell Sheldon Upottery
Sunday 9:30 am BCP 11:00 am Baptism 9:30 am 11:00 am 2 November Holy Communion 3:00 pm Family Service Matins (Throgmorton Hall) Service in Memory of Loved Ones
Sunday 10:00 am 10:50 am 10:50 am 10:50 am 9 November Remembrance Service Remembrance Service Remembrance Service Remembrance Service
Sunday 9:30 am CW 9:30 am (Abbey) 9:30 am 11:00 am 16 November Holy Communion Morning Worship Morning Worship All Age Worship 11:00am Morning Worship
Sunday 9:30 am 11:00 am CW 9:30 am BCP 11:00 am CW 23 November All Age Worship Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion
Sunday 11:00 am Five Worship Together at Luppitt 30 November every 9:00 am Wednesday Morning Prayer
28 Church cleaning and flower rota 1 November Carole Thorne & Jean Hooper 8 November Wendy Clapp & Pearl Pulman 15 November Iris Selway & Mary Joyce 22 November Christy Page-Turner & Olive Clapp 29 November Shirley Crabb & Beryl Hardwick 6 December Jean Gardiner & Joy Tofts If you would like to help with the cleaning or flowers, please contact Pearl on 891324.
The Prayer Group will meet on Monday, 3 November at 2:30pm at Hedgend Barton. Our Diocesan Council is being held on Friday, 7 November in St James Church Hall, Exeter: coffee will be served from 10:00 am and the meeting will start at 10:30am. All members are welcome.
Our Branch meeting will be held at the home of Olive Clapp, Little Chems, Luppitt on 20 November at 2:30pm. We shall be learning more about the background and history of some of our favourite hymns. The next morning, the Diocesan Autumn Fair will be held in St Stephen’s Church in Exeter. We are selling goods that people will like to buy for Christmas presents, and have home made jams, chutneys and cakes of all kinds. If you are in Exeter that morning, do please pop in and see us and have a cup of coffee. St Stephen’s is the very old converted church next door to the House of Fraser store.
Jean Jones
Remembrance Day Service Sunday, 9 November
In commemoration of the centenary of the outbreak of World War I
Please meet at the War Memorial at 10:50 am
29 Dear friends As November approaches our thoughts go towards Remembrance Day, when the Armistice was signed to end ‘the war to end all wars’. Of course it didn’t! We will remember how, a hundred years ago, war with Germany began; we will read out the names of those young men who died during it, and no doubt hear about the atrocities of this war on the TV and in the media. And yet it still continues. We have had the Second World War, the Korean War, the ‘Cold’ War, the Falklands war, two wars in Iraq and a war in Afghanistan. Now we face a war of ideology and violence in Syria and Iraq against IS. A child at a school recently commented “Why do we have to have war?” - a good question! All religions are for peace. The God we worship is the God of creation, the God who loves all mankind, the God who brings light into dark areas of our lives, the God who sent His own son into the world to suffer and to die for our sins and the sins of the whole world. Why, indeed, do we have to have war! Well, war has and always will be near us, as the eternal struggle of Good against Evil continues. We must pray for the Good to overcome the Evil, and that our forces do not go down the route of evil but fight the good fight, and treat even their enemies with dignity and without malice. We must pray for peace, and we must care for all the refugees, the homeless and the destitute, as well as we are able. We must trust and place ourselves into the hands and will of Jesus, who commanded us to love our enemies, and who defeated the forces of evil by His death on the cross, and brings salvation, joy and peace to all those who follow in His way. On Sunday, 2 November there will be the Annual ‘Loved Ones’ service in Throgmorton Hall, Dunkeswell, where we remember all those we have loved and who are now departed this life, but now live in that joy and peace of heaven. Sunday, 9 November will be Remembrance Sunday when there will be special services at all our churches, for all the community to join in. We do hope that as many of you who are able, will join us in these act of remembrance and dedication.
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November 3rd, Bowls, Village Hall, 7.30pm 10th, 17th, 24th November 5th, Social Club, Village Hall, 8pm 12th, 19th, 26th November 7th, Friday Market, Village Hall, 11am-1pm 14th, 21st, 28th November 2nd Private Party, Village Hall,12pm-4pm
November 4th Parish Council meeting, Village Hall, 8pm
November 6th Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Event, Village Hall, 4pm-8pm
November 7th Neighbourhood Plan Consultation Event, Village Hall, 11am-1pm with Friday market
November 8th Coffee Morning to launch St Mary’s Recipe Book, Village Hall, 10am-noon.
November 8th Quiz Night, Village Hall, 8pm.
November 13th Luncheon Club, Village hall, 12.30pm.
November 14th “Night Hike” from Village Hall, 6pm
November 15th Wives Group Skittles, Village Hall, 8pm
Luppitt Village Hall Caretaker still required!! Aprox 2hours per week - Payment to be discussed. Please contact Mrs M Joyce 01404 891328 ASAP or by November 15th.
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