{"id":3140,"date":"2024-07-14T18:16:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-14T17:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2025-07-03T20:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:09:53","slug":"their-finest-hour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hibbittbarnes.uk\/blog\/their-finest-hour","title":{"rendered":"Their Finest Hour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last November, Harvey and I attended an event at Plymouth University in order to contribute to a new online archive called ‘Their Finest Hour’. The University of Oxford project was devised in order to preserve stories and take photographs and videos of items which may have been passed down to ordinary members of the public by their families and which are related to the Second World War.<\/p>\n

The website was launched on 6th June. Unfortunately, I had to contact the archive to correct the information we had supplied as the volunteers we saw on the day had misunderstood what we told them and some of the details were either incorrect or lacked context. I’m pleased to say that the revised information is now live on the website.<\/p>\n

Our stories can be viewed at the following links:<\/p>\n

21st Devon (Post Office) Battalion, Home Guard – Charles George Hibbitt<\/a><\/strong>
\nA brief outline of my paternal grandfather’s time in the Home Guard.<\/p>\n

A Ruined Homecoming – William Hellyer Geake and, wife, Phyllis<\/a><\/strong>
\nThe story of my maternal grandfather’s homecoming after being away for four years in the War.<\/p>\n

RAF Technical Training during WW2 – Air Commodore Cyril Norman Ellen D.F.C.<\/a><\/strong>
\nDetails of Harvey’s maternal grandfather’s contribution to the RAF’s Technical Training Branch in which he was in charge of three schools related to Electrical & Wireless, Radio and Signals.<\/p>\n

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Their Finest Hour event held at Plymouth University on 23rd November 2023<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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