Ewart Helyar 1920 – 2018
Ewart Frederick Bertram Helyar was called
into the presence of the Lord just five days
short of his 80th ‘spiritual birthday’.
Born in 1920 in South East London and
unable to continue his schooling following
the sudden death of his mother when he was
14, he went to live with his grandparents in
East Coker, near Yeovil. His grandmother
was a Christian and encouraged him to attend
the local church. He started going to a boys’
Crusader Class and in 1938 he accepted the
Lord Jesus Christ, under the preaching of
Captain Reginald Wallis. During World War
II he served in Yeovil in the bomb disposal
unit of the Home Guard, being in a reserved
occupation with Westland Aircraft.