RENSHAW, Victor Ernest
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Known as:
Vic
Rank:
Corporal
Unit / Base:
6 Commando
Prior Police Service:
Metropolitan Police
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Fusiliers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
6482268
Born:
Saturday, November 2, 1918
Died :
Sunday, February 12, 1989
Place died:
Essex
Age:
70
Fusilier Victor Renshaw was wounded 26 February 1943 during operations in North Africa (Battle of Steamroller Farm). Discharged from military service 29 August 1945 final rank Corporal.
Victor Ernest Renshaw was a Metropolitan Police Constable in 1939, single, and residing at the Police Section House, Charing Cross, Westminster. After volunteering in 1942 he joined the 1st Police Intake at the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre), Achnacarry. Post war member of the Commando Association from Lawford, Essex.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/58.
Details of operation on Linked Content below
The 1939 Register covering City of Westminster.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 88 (1989).
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/58.
Details of operation on Linked Content below
The 1939 Register covering City of Westminster.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 88 (1989).
[Image] Cropped from photo in gallery titled 'Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade meet 6th Airborne Forces, 6 June 1944.' Identified by his nephew.
Photo of Commando in Gallery:
Yes
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