REDMAN, William

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.
Fleetwood Chronicle newspaper published 04 August 1944.
 
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