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Hector Gidley
Played by Brian Protheroe
| Fact title | Fact data |
|---|---|
| Date of birth |
31 December 1859
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| Place of birth |
Exeter
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| Age at the outbreak of WW1 |
54
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| Occupation |
Quarry Owner
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| Address |
Staverley Court, Devon
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Owner of Deanscombe Quarry, Hector is a benevolent patriarch whose benevolence has waned. Unlike independent wife Cora, Hector’s pride for their three fighting sons is embedded deep beneath the surface of his Victorian veneer.
Though Hector treats loyal foreman Tobias as his fourth son, such feudal certainties are threatened to be eroded away by war. Providing stone to the local Catholic abbey is the least of his questionable decisions driven by conviction over judiciousness.
