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Lympstone is a Village and Civil Parish in English county of Devon . It has a harbour on the estuary of the River Exe . Lympstone has rail services on the " Avocet Line " to Exmouth and Exeter from Lympstone Village railway station. Near the village is the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM), the principal military training centre for the Royal Marines . The training centre has its own dedicated railway halt, Lympstone Commando , (not in public use) on the Exeter - Exmouth branch line. Ralph Lane , equerry to Queen Elizabeth I , was born in Lympstone. He was a soldier who went with Sir Walter Raleigh on his second expedition to the New World in 1585 . He founded a colony on Roanoke Island amidst great hardship and deprivation. He was later present at the defeat of the Spanish Armada . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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