Templeton
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Templeton village still shows its medieval roots, its long single street being fronted by small farms and houses with burgage plots stretching behind.
The name is thought to derive from the Order of Templars which may have had a religious house in the area.
St John's Churchyard (SN 114 116)
Pilot officer William Alfred Cyril Davies rests here in his home churchyard. He was killed on 22nd June, 1944 when serving with 630 squadron of Bomber Command.
Wood Office Farm (SN 120 128)
A bomb fell at Wood office Farm in 1942. There were no casualties and pieces of shrapnel were later sold as souvenirs to aid the Spitfire Fund.
Further reading:
The Military Airfields of Wales by Alan Phillips, 2006
Contacts:
Narberth Museum has a number of artefacts relating to Templeton Airfield.
Locations of Interest
- Templeton Airfield
- Constructed on a ridge a mile to the west of the village, RAF Templeton was built in 1942/43 as a satellite to Haverfordwest. The station's historical record is not outstanding, and it was destined to spend the war as home to a number of training units. Back to map
- Templeton Congregational Chapel Cemetery
- SN 114 119 The cemetery contains two war graves of servicemen from local families. Back to map
- ROC Post
- SN 112 124 This is situated off the entrance to the lay-by to the west side of the A478 as you leave Templeton village travelling towards Narberth. Back to map
- Microwave Communications Bunker
- Built in the early 1980s, this substantial communications bunker on the fringe of the old airfield was recently declared obsolete. It is now privately owned. Back to map
Information from: Dyfed Archaeological Trust
- RAF TEMPLETON
- First occupied 7 January 1943. Three concrete runways, 27 'frying-pan' hardstandings, dispersed living quarters to west and north west, bomb stores to south west and south east of airfield. Lorenz blind approach equipment. Back to map
- Congregational Chapel. The cemetery contains two war graves of servicemen from local families. MRP 2008. Back to map
