evacuee

'Little Ken' revisits the Mid Devon community which took care of him during World War II

A former evacuee has returned to Mid Devon 82 years after he was billeted there during World War II.

Alfred Kenneth Wilmshurst, now 92, stepped off the train at the same station he arrived at as frightened primary school child.

And he paid tribute to the family who took care of him during those difficult years.

In September 1940 ‘Little Ken’ walked to school in the...