The Second World War

Below are photographs from the East Prawle History Society database of the Second World War. Some of the photographs have a long list of names – they are therefore accessed by clicking on the link “click here for the names”.

Buildings

Coastguards/LSA

Farming

Fishing

People

Wars

Transport

Wrecks

WWI

WWII

War Memorial

Home Guard: Some members of East Prawle Home guard, 1940s. War (WW), people. Front row from left to right: Tommy Tucker, George Jarvis, Mr Hockridge, Douglas Trinick Second row: Harold Rogers, Charlie Partridge, Fred Evans, Freddie Gaines, George Tabb, George Rundle Third row: Harry Ford, Sid Baskerville, Norman Partridge, Arthur Jarvis, Bill Sanders Back row: Mr Hoskin, Dick Tabb, Unknown, Ern Rogers or Syd Cudd

East Prawle Home Guard, September 1942 (names not listed) WWII

Home Guard WWII

The RAF camp living quarters at East Prawle circa 1951 West Prawle Prawle Point

RAF camp living quarters at East Prawle c. 1951 for personnel working at Radar Station West Prawle and Prawle Point WWII

The Special Police East Prawle. War (WW)

The Special Police (WW)

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RAF camp World war II at West Prawle. Buildings

RAF camp at West Prawle WWII

Postcard. The Radar tower down at Prawle Point with the receiver bunker in the foreground on the right with the Lookout above. Showing the land dividing Western Cove and Landing Cove already partly eroded. RAF War (WW)

Prawle Point radar tower with the receiver bunker in foreground

Wedding group: Curly and Vera Robson. Lottie Hannaford, Will Hannaford and Bill Sullock WWII

Group of uniformed people outside the unfinished RAF camp

Group of uniformed people. RAF camp when it was first built before they tarred and used hessian bagging to make it waterproof WWII

RAF camp party, names not listed WWII

In the barracks room at Christmas in East Prawle. Steel Nisson hut fire in the middle.

RAF Christmas at East Prawle in the barracks room WWII

Group of RAF at Ferry Inn Salcombe 1943 WWII