Artifacts (Exeter Related)
Artifacts collected over the years and added to my collection.
Below - The wartime items were kindly shown to Jerry Bird and I at Deer Park Copse by owner Lynne Askew. 1. National Registration Identity Card 2.Motor Fuel Ration Book 3/4.Permit To Enter Card
Below - 1940s diary highlighting a raid on the 25 September, and a raid on Aylesbeer on the 27 September. Also a couple of films that were showing as 'Strange Cargo' at the Savoy and ' Night Train to Munich' at the Gaumont.
Below - photos of a genuine WW2 General Civilian Respirator.
First. Air Raid Warden Report Form A.R.P./M.I.
Second. Air Raid Precautions Training Manual No. I
(Ist Edition) Basic Training In Air Raid Precautions.
All items kindly supplied by Jerry Bird.
Below - A rare German map highlighting Exeter Airfield at Clyst Honiton. Flugplatz translated from German into English is Airfield. The arrow marked in red below Clyst Honiton reads 'Luftlinie ca. 8km' which translates into 'as the crow flies approx'. The Southern rail line at the top of the map would lead the enemy to Exmouth Junction railway yard which was targetted on numerous occasions.
A map showing Exeter Truppenlager which translates from German to English as 'Troop Camp'. The area marked in red as 'A' was the barracks on the Exeter By-pass near Middlemoor and 'Topsham Barracks is also shown at the top of the map left side. Again the exact date this map was created is not known but would say circa 1940-1942.
A German map of Exeter City Centre pre 1942 in preperation for the Exeter Blitz.
This page was last updated 25 March 2026.