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Devon-born George Jackson Churchyard, Chief Engineer of the Great Western Railway, started with South Devon Railway in 1896, retired 1921 and was killed on the line at Swindon in 1933. He was a designer of engines and boilers.

George Jackson Churchward. Born at Stoke Gabriel near Totnes in 1957, died on 19th December 1933 when struck by a South Wales express train near his Swindon home. He was apprentice engineer to the South Devon railway from Totnes Grammar School. When…

See also CHA 015, 123 and 025

See also CHA 117, 015 and 123

George Gibb was born in 1827, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the son of Harry William Scott Gibb and Ramsey Eliza Couper.
He married Caldwell's Aunt, Constance Amelia Browne in 1857 at Usselby, Lincolnshire. They had six children.
They lived in…

George DeVey with son George and grandson Simon, pictured at their winter quarters at Cullompton, Devon, in the early 1960s. Simon (centre) went on to play a leading role in the firm's (Anderton & Rowland) travelling fairs, driving the huge…

George Coulson .

Geological Map Mining District Robert Symons Truro ref. MOR/MAP 125R .

Westward Television's pirate 'Jethro' who handed out the money on their weekly quiz game, 'Treasure Hunt'.

Westward Television was the first ITV franchise holder for the South West of England, and operated from 1961 until 1981.

Jethro is the…

Son of John Hettt and Louisa Nicholson, born in Brigg, Lincolnshire in 1844. He became a Doctor of Medicine and married Mary Jane Scott in London in 1844. They had 4 children. He died in 1905.

Geo. Hamlyn, Confectioner, Chapel St.. Mates Illustrated Penzance (Corporation Official Guide)

Gentleman wearing a 3 piece suit holding a pipe

An unidentified gentleman standing outdoors

Gentleman sitting on a chair