Gerald Hollis World War II as he was colour blind. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) in 1940, and was commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1942. He served as a physical training officer at the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon. The college was moved to Eaton Hall, Cheshire between 1943 and 1946, because of Nazi bombings. At the end of hostilities, Hollis felt drawn to holy orders: from 1945 to 1947, he trained for ordination at Wells Theological College. He was ordained into the Church of England in 1947 and then served his curacy at St Dunstan's,
Healthcare in Devon are provided by Devon Doctors. Northern, Eastern and Western Devon Clinical Commissioning Group decided in November 2014 that Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust would be its preferred provider of community services. This decision was challenged by Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust which had been providing these services and in February 2015 Monitor (NHS) announced that it would investigate this complaint. Northern Devon said the decision will mean it will have to give up ownership of some of its community hospitals. Ownership of 12 of the trust’s community hospitals will “in all likelihood” transfer to NHS Property Services. The