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| Husband: | William Thomas HEARD (1915-2003) | |
| Wife: | Dorothy ELLIOTT (1919-2017) | |
| Marriage | Q1 1968 | Exeter, Devon, England1 |
| Name: | William Thomas HEARD2 | |
| Sex: | Male | |
| Father: | Walter John HEARD (1887-1968) | |
| Mother: | Sarah Jane LYNES (1895-1971) | |
| Birth | 20 Oct 1915 | Barry, South Glamorgan, Wales |
| Occupation | Armed Services, and School Caretaker | |
| Occupation | 1 Feb 1938 (age 22) | Private, 1st Bn the Wiltshire Regiment; Bangalore, Madras, India |
| Residence | btw 1980 and 2014 (age 64-99) | Exeter, Devon, England |
| 85, Newcourt Road, Topsham, EX3 0BU William and Dorothy were on the electoral roll here. Dorothy continued to live here after William's death. |
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| Death | 12 May 2003 (age 87) | Wonford - Exeter, Devon, England |
| Burial | 21 May 2003 | Topsham, Devon, England |
| Name: | Dorothy ELLIOTT2 | |
| Sex: | Female | |
| Father: | - | |
| Mother: | - | |
| Birth | 4 Jan 1919 | |
| Death | 28 Nov 2017 (age 98) | Wellington, Somerset, England |
| Burial | 21 Dec 2017 | |
| at St Margaret's Church, Topsham, buried in Topsham Cemetery. | ||
William Thomas Heard was born in Barry, South Wales on the 20 October 1915 the eldest son of Walter John Heard and Sarah Jane Lynes. Shortly after the family returned to Devon to live. Uncle Bill, as I knew him told me his Grandfather, Thomas Heard was a very strict man and lived by the bible. When my grandparents separated Uncle Bill was already out working as a farm servant and stayed in Devon. My mother was 5 years old before she saw her eldest brother. At 18 William joined the 1st battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment and saw service in India where he met and married an Anglo- Indian girl, Ena Linnet Wilson on 1 February 1938 in Bangalore. Together they had 5 sons and 1 daughter. Four of the children born in India. After the Japanese entered the war , Ena and her 4 children were sent to England where they would be safe. They arrived Liverpool on the 5 Nov 1943 and went to stay with my Grandmother in Grendon, Warwickshire before moving on to Devon. Uncle Bill continued in the army long after the war, although he came out and couldn't settle and joined the REME as a drill sergeant. By now the marriage had broken down and he and Ena were divorced and Uncle Bill remarried. When he finally left the army he became a caretaker at a girl's school where he was very popular.He never learnt to drive and is remembered for his motor cycle and later his Reliant Robin. He was a teller of many good stories but I sadly paid little attention and that is something I now regret. He died in 2003 in Exeter and is buried in Topsham.
From Norina
| 1 | Free BMD Marriage. Exeter 7A1115. Cit. Date: Q1 1968. |
| 2 | www.heardfamilyhistory.org.uk. This GEDCOM is predominantly the work of Nick Heard, but it incorporates the collaborated work of many other family historians. You are welcome to use the information herein but please acknowledge the source. Every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate, but any use you make of it is entirely at your own risk. (c) Nick Heard 2009 |