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Surname: REDMAYNE
Forename(s): Robert Brown
Place of Birth: Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire
Service No: 52555
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 6th Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1918-07-14
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 42 to 47.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Robert Brown Redmayne was the son of Robert and Ellen Redmayne, née Brown. Robert, senior, was born at Horton-in-Ribblesdale and Ellen at Clapham, Yorkshire.
1901 Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Census: South House - Robert Brown Redmayne, aged 8 years, born Horton-in-Ribblesdale, son of Robert and Ellen Redmayne.
1911 Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Yorkshire Census: South House - Robert Brown Redmayne, aged 18 years, born Horton-in-Ribblesdale, son of Robert and Ellen Redmayne.
The British Army Service Record for Robert Brown Redmayne exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Robert B. Redmayne, 52555, W. York. R. K. in A.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Robert Brown Redmayne, 52555, 1st W. York. R. Killed in Action 14.7.18.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Robert Brown Redmayne, 52555, 1st Bn W. York. Date and Place of Death: 14.10.17 [sic]. France or Belgium. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - Robert. £14 16s. 3d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Robert.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Robert Brown REDMAYNE
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 6th Division
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09 August 1918
REDMAYNE – Killed in action in France on July 14th, Robert Brown Redmayne, 1st West Yorkshire Regiment, aged 26 years, late of South House, Horton-in-Ribblesdale.
“Until the day dawns.”
09 August 1918
DEATH OF ANOTHER HORTONIAN
Information is just to hand that Robert Brown Redmayne, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Redmayne, of South House, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, was killed in action on July 14th in France. In a letter to the parents, his company officer states that he died bravely firing his Lewis gun against a strong body of Germans who were holding up the advance of the company, and that it was largely due to his coolness and courage in serving the gun in difficult circumstances that a subsequent advance was made by his comrades. Had he lived his conduct would certainly have been brought to the notice of the Divisional General.
The deceased was 26 years of age and joined the West Yorkshire Regiment last September, and after a somewhat short but intensive training he was drafted to the Western Front, where he had been through much fighting. The sympathy of a very wide circle is extended to his parents, brother and sisters.
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