PETER Tavy Church bells rang out for an hour last month to commemorate the end of the First World War and to remember a local man killed in action at the age of 19.

George Edward Mudge was one of five brothers living at Higher Collaton, two of whom enlisted to fight. He was killed at Passchendaele on August 16, 1917, and is remembered in the War Graves Cemetery at Tyne Cot.

His nephew, well-known local farmer George Mudge, named after him, and two great-nephews Andrew and Philip (George’s sons) wished to honour his memory before the centenary year of 2018 was out and on Friday, December 28 the church bells were rung in a special ‘quarter peal’ of 1,260 changes of Grandsire Doubles

They were joined by old friends Geoffrey Hill, from Lamerton, Donna Baker, from Tavistock and Bill Thirtle from Bridestowe. The quarter peal took 39 minutes to ring and together with raising and lowering the bells the total time taken was about 55 minutes.

George Edward Mudge is named on the war memorial inside Peter Tavy churchyard.