Pilton St Mary’s Church Bellringers are shown here following the bells being overhauled and re-hung by Gilbert and Johnstone at a cost of over £600 in 1947.
Back Row – left to right – Lawrie Passmore, Archie Brend, Bert Rooke (Churchwarden), Hedley Furse, Arthur Harding, Charles Hill (Churchwarden), Albert Thorne, Reg. Thorne, Wilf. Tolley, Jack Squire and Archie Griffiths (Verger)
Front Row – left to right – Archdeacon James, Rev. L H Dukesell (Vicar of Pilton 1946-53), Bishop Trefusis (this may be incorrect, see note), Rev. John Henry Prince.
Note: Bishop Robert Trefusis of Crediton died in 1930 so this may actually be William Surtees who was Bishop of Crediton from 1930 to 1954, although from the only other photograph we have found we are not convinced.