
MANCHESTER
UNIVERSITY WAR MEMORIAL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Stephen Nulty 2008

R
RATCLIFFE |
George
Arthur |
Pilot
Officer (Pilot) 138648, 218 (GC) Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer
Reserve. Killed in Palestine, as the result of air operations 5th
March 1943. Aged 22. Buried at REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Germany. Plot 10. Row C, Collective grave 6-11. |
REDMAN |
Irwin
Russell |
Flight
Lieutenant 124528, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died 2nd
September 1945. Aged 22. Son of Leonard Stanley and Esther Cecilia
Redman, of Southgate, Middlesex. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY,
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot 7. Row C. Grave 1.
Extract
from The Times, Thursday, 6 September 1945, page 1:
REDMAN.—On
Sept. 2, 1945, killed in Palestine, as the result of air operations,
FLT. LIEUT. IRWIN RUSSELL REDMAN ("Joe"), aged 22, only
son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard S. Redman, of 30, Wynchgate, London,
N.14. No letters, please.
|
RENSHAW |
Eric
Gordon |
Flying
Officer (Navigator (Bomber)) 135911, 107 Squadron, Royal Air Force
Volunteer Reserve. Died 28th February 1944. Aged 21. Son of Eric
Chadwick Renshaw and Frances Renshaw, of Manchester. Buried in BROOKWOOD
MILITARY CEMETERY, Surrey. Plot 20. Row C. Grave 17. |
ROBINSON |
William
Midgley |
Corporal
2358759, 11th Armoured Division Signals, Royal Corps of Signals.
Wounded 2nd May 1945, died of those wounds 3rd May 1945. Aged 31.
Born and resident Preston. Son of William Inglis Robinson and Nancy
Robinson, of Preston, Lancashire; husband of Eveline (nee Wignall)
Robinson, of Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, married 1940 in the Preston
Registration District, lancashire. . B.A. (Hons.). Buried in CELLE
WAR CEMETERY, Niedersachsen, Germany. Plot 1. Row C. Grave 5. |
ROBSON |
Peter
Curtis |
Pilot
Officer 188413, 601 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died 23rd April 1945. Aged 21. Son of Sydney George Robson, and
of Elsie Florence Robson, of Ramsgate, Kent. Buried in ARGENTA GAP
WAR CEMETERY, Italy, Plot I. Row F. Grave 1. |
ROWE |
Herbert
William Chesters |
Corporal
7913134, 46th (The Liverpool Welsh), Royal Tank Regiment, Royakl
Armoured Corps. Missing, killed in action in the Middle East 22nd
July 1942. Aged 23. Born 7th May 1919 in Cheshire, resident Manchester.
Son of Maj. William Albert Rowe and Margaret Irene Rowe, of Wheelock,
Cheshire. B.Sc., Hons. In the 1939 Register he was a Student (Manchester
University), son of William A and Margaret I Rowe, resident 495
Crewe Road, Sandbach U.D., Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated
at ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt. Column 23. |
RUSSELL |
Thomas
Wharton |
Corporal
14036857, Intelligence Corps. Died 5th March 1946. Aged 19. Born
1st May 1926. Son of John Proctor Russell and Eva Mary Russell,
of Old Trafford, Manchester. B.A. (Manchester). Buried in KHAYAT
BEACH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Plot
C. Row A. Grave 6. |
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updated
6 February, 2020
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