Remembering Today 18/4/42 and 20/4/42 Cpl:N.Rentzos,6976962,1st Bn.Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

Corporal RENTZOS, NICHOLAS
Service Number 6976962

Died Between 18/04/1942 and 20/04/1942

Aged 27

1st Bn.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Casualty
Commemorated at RANGOON MEMORIAL

Location: Myanmar
Number of casualties: 26857

Cemetery/memorial reference: Face 11.

 

Possibly him

England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
Name: Rentzos
Registration Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1916
Registration district: Paddington
Inferred County: Greater London
Re-registration Year: 1916
Mother's Maiden Name: Ritchie
Volume Number: 1a
Page Number: 111

UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
Name: Nicholas Rentzos
Given Initials: N
Rank: Corporal
Death Date: Apr 1942
Number: 6976962
Birth Place: London (not otherwise specified)
Residence: London E
Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Branch at Enlistment: Infantry
Theatre of War: Burma
Regiment at Death: Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Branch at Death: Infantry

TD


London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Nicholas John Rentzos
Year: 1939
County or Borough: Ealing
Ward or Division/Constituency: Castlebar
Street address: 31 Glencairn Drive, Av
Reference Number: mr/per/c/0694

 

TD - the 1916 birth was a female:

Births Sep 1916
Rentzos Female Ritchie Paddington 1a 111

There is no Rentzos listed ANYWHERE on the 1939 Register (though I suspect the surname will have been mis-transcribed).

 

Thanks - the database I accessed only gave me a surname - no forenames so cant tell

What about the address as given in the Electoral Register? (Street address: 31 Glencairn Drive, Av)

TD

 

1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
31 Glencairn Drive, Ealing M.B., Middlesex
NAME DOB OCCUPATION
Lilian (G) Tichie 02 Jun 1899 Stenographer (Divorced)
Sorry, this record is officially closed.

Tichie = Ritchie (if they can't transcribe Ritchie properly then there's no hope for the Rentzos family!)

 

From a family tree

John Nicolas Rentzos
Birth: Abt 1887
Marriage: 23 Dec 1912 - Middlesex, England
Spouse: Lillian Grace Ritchie

I would guess Nicholas in original post in their son??

TD

 

England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
Name: Lilian G Ritchie
Spouse Surname: Rentzos
Registration Year: 1912
Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration district: Poplar
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1c
Page: 867
Records on Page:
Name
William S Bishop
John N Rentzos
Lilian G Ritchie
Rose Weedon

Rentzos children born with a mothers maiden name of Ritchie:
Marie E Rentzos 1913 Apr-May-Jun Islington London

Rentzos Jul-Aug-Sep 1916 Paddington Greater London

Rentzos Jan-Feb-Mar 1919 Paddington Greater London

Rentzos Jul-Aug-Sep 1920 Paddington Greater London

Nicholas J Rentzos Jul-Aug-Sep 1931 Islington London

Take your pick
TD

 

Got him! Mis-transcription as I feared:

Births Jun 1913
Rentzos Marie E Ritchie Islington 1b 647

Births Jun 1915
Rentzor Nicholas J Ritchie Islington 1b S31

Births Sep 1916
Rentzos Female Ritchie Paddington 1a 111

Births Mar 1918
Rentzos Evangeline G Ritchie Paddington 1a 88

Births Sep 1920
Rentzos Male Ritchie Paddington 1a 138

 

I was hoping to add to this thread with some details about his death. Probably in the Arakan, but he is not mentioned on any of the MIA lisitings or casualty rolls for 1942 in the 1st Inniskillings war diary.

 

We were hoping you were going to add something as well - so stop messing about

TD
PS have you accounted for possible spelling errors?

 

The thing is TD, I feel I've seen his name before somewhere anyway. I have too much stuff on my computer, that is the real problem.