BBC Radio Devon
Places in Devon that tell a story of World War One
Newton Abbot, Devon: Learning Lessons of War
How war impacted school life for Devon pupils
Weston Mill, Plymouth: The Mother of the Navy
Who was Agnes Weston and what did she really do for the British Navy?
Prattshayes, Exmouth, Devon: Fighting for Women at War
Edith Pratt served in the Ministry of Munitions, the WAAC and the WRAF
Churston, Devon: Cycling Soldier into Battle by Bike
Defending the coastline and seeing the war on land, at sea and in the air from the saddle
Ashburton, Devon: Bertram Blight: Banker Turned PoW
Bertram Blight’s story is about respect, recovery and resilience during WW1
Wentworth Villas, Plymouth, Devon: Surgery and Suffrage
A surgeon and suffragist who changed medical practice in Plymouth
Berry Pomeroy, Devon: First Fighter Pilot to Land in France
The first world war in the air and the first British pilot to land in France
New North Road, Exeter, Devon: Gardeners at War
Possibly the reason why gardens matter so much to us today
Start Bay, Devon: HMS Formidable
One disaster, two rescues and two dogs
Hallsands, Devon: The Woman who Saved a Sailor in a Sea Storm
A heroic young woman who went on to receive one of the first OBEs
Devington Park, Exminster: Silent Suffering
The forgotten patients of the Exminster asylum
Buckfast Abbey, Devon: German Monks
German monks – were they the wartime enemy within?
Great Bidlake Farm, Bridestowe: The Farm Run by Women
Women, farming and feeding the home front
Drewsteignton, Castle Drogo: Building a Castle
The castle built for an heir who was lost at war
Exeter Higher Cemetery, Exeter: Women’s Royal Navy Service
The only woman named on the city’s war memorial
Georgeham, Devon: Henry Williamson’s War Stories
Tarka, trauma and telling the tales of war – a soldier’s war stories
Manaton, Devon: Caring for Disabilities
Campaigning to care for disabled servicemen
Hartland Point, Bideford: Hospital Ships Lost at Sea
Two hospital ships, two stories and too many lives lost off North Devon’s coast
Princetown, Devon: Prison of Protest
Prison, protest and the people objecting to war
Seale Hayne, Devon: Soldiers, Shell Shock and Secrecy
How soldiers with shell shock were treated
Torquay, Devon: The War in Agatha Christie’s Words
Agatha Christie – the war in her own words
Plymouth Hoe, Devon: Canadians, Chaos and a Bear Cub
When 31,200 Canadians, 7,000 horses and a bear cub descended on Plymouth
St James Park, Devon: Footballers Caught Out As War Declared
The team that played for their city and fought for their country
Exeter, Devon: The Inspiration Behind Poirot
Exeter welcomes Belgian refugees and inspires a Devon detective
