South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | WW1 Campaign Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France & Flanders | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Brathay (Holy Trinity) Churchyard |
| Arrived in Theatre | Bravery Medal | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 31 Mar 1915 in France | Military Medal (Gazette 14 Nov 1916) | Dunchurch |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Died of Pnuemonia | August 1914 at Rugby | Brathay War Memorial |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| Low Wood Hotel, Windermere | Original Service # 199 | |
Circumstances of Death
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Giles died of Pnuemonia on 31 March 1917 whilst in England to take up a commission. His death was reported in the Birmingham Evening Mail on April 7th 1917 and the report is transcribed below. MIDLAND HOCKEY PLAYERS DEATH The death has occured at his home at Brathey Hall, Ambleside [Probate states he died at the Low Wood Hotel, Windermere] of Gunner Giles Blomfried [Blomfield] Redmayne a well known figure in Midland Hockey, football and cricket circles. Gunner Redmayne, who was in a heavy howitzer battery of the Royal Field Artillery, had been on active service since the spring of 1915, and had been awarded the Military Cross for conspicuous bravery in volunteering to enter a shell-swept zone for the purpose of finding the direction of fire. He had returned to England to take up a Commission, but succumbed to pnuemonia. He was a member of the Bromsgrove Hockey Club and played several times for Worcestershire and the Midland Counties. He was also a dashing cricketer, playing regularly for the Ilewell Cricket Club and assisted the Rugby F.C. as a three-quarter back. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 25 Apr 1885 in Ambleside | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Doctor Hugh and Katharine Redmayne |
Brathay Hall, Ambleside, Cumbria |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Uppingham School | ~ |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1885 - Brathay Hall, Ambleside | 1901 - Scholar at Uppingham |
| 1891 - Market Place, Ambleside | 1911 - Land Agent |
| 1901 - Uppingham School, Rutland | 1914 - Land Agent |
| 1911 - Dunchurch | |
| 1914 - Dunchurch | |
| 1917 - Brathay Hall, Ambleside | |
- Grave photograph kindly taken and provided by Randy Orrison a member of the Find a Grave Community
