Winston Bilcock
09 September 1940 – 19 March 2018
WINSTON ‘WINK’ BILCOCK HAS DIED, aged 77. Wink was born in Huntingdon in 1940. He joined the Royal Navy in 1957 serving on HMS Blackwood, HMS Plymouth and HMS Whitby. This last ship took him to the Far East at the time of President Sukarno, which was where Wink won his medals.
Wink married June in 1962 and went on to father two sons and a daughter. After serving in the Navy, Wink worked with the Economic Forestry Group, an arm of the Forestry Commission. In 1971 he was asked if he would like to open an ATS depot in Crediton. He did, staying at the Mill Street premises for more than 23 years, entering a good float in Crediton Carnival every October.
In 1992, Wink was involved in an accident that resulted in him losing part of a leg, but he got back to walking and continued to garden, which he loved to do. He was proud to have attended the Remembrance Service at the Cenotaph in London for several years and the collection at his funeral service was in aid of Blesma. He will be sadly missed.