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- ↑ North Devon teacher’s Macmillan walk for war hero father’s centenary, North Devon Gazette , 12 October 2020
- 1 2 Filmography of Angie Passmore, British Film Institute (BFI) Database
- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 for Angela J Jucker, 1952: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
- ↑ Daughter raises funds for cancer charity in memory of war hero dad, North Devon News, 16 October 2020
- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 for Angela J Jucker, 1977, Q3-Jul-Aug-Sep: Ancestry.com (subscription required)
