REDMAN, William
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Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
47RM Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Number:
CH/X 107831
Died :
Tuesday, June 6, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
Cemetery/Memorial:
Marine William Redman died during operations at Normandy, France. Son of John James Redman and Elizabeth Redman, of Thornton, Lancashire; husband of Mina Redman, of Cleveleys, Lancashire.
Extract from the Fleetwood Chronicle
"Mr. and Mrs. J. Redman of 25 Wembley Road, Thornton, have 2 sons and a foster son in H.M. Forces. They recently lost a third son, Marine Commando William Redman of 31 Lyddesdale Avenue, Anchorsholme, Cleveleys, killed in the invasion. Their eldest son James Redman is a Private in the Pioneer Corps, having been in the Army since July 1940."
Sources
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
CWGC.
Registers of Reports of Deaths - Naval Ratings / National Archives file ADM 104/136.
Fleetwood Chronicle newspaper published 04 August 1944.
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