Thursday, 27 November 2025

How a German PoW found a life-long friendship in Devon

BBC News published an article last year about a friendship between a German solider and a couple from Devon has kept two families in touch for almost 80 years.

Bruno Pannhausen was captured in Normandy in 1944 and detained in a prisoner of war camp in Tiverton. After the war, he was offered hospitality by Tony Langworthy who lived nearby, and they would go on to be life-long friends. Their present-day relatives now hope the remarkable story will be kept alive and passed down to future generations.

Bruno Pannhausen was a prisoner of war at a camp in Tiverton
Bruno Pannhausen was a prisoner of war at a camp in Tiverton


Henry VIII's aunt lived in Devon, and liked partying in Tiverton

BBC Radio Devon's Secret Devon series has published a short episode on Henry VIII's aunt who lived in Devon, liked partying in Tiverton, and described herself as "Sister, daughter and aunt of kings".