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.