WEAVER Raymond John

  • First Name(s):
    Raymond 
    John 
  • Surname:
    WEAVER
  • Service Number:
    14565732
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
  • Battalion:
    14th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th June 1944
  • Age At Death:
    19
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Salerno War Cemetery, Italy, Grave I. F. 25.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Weaver, of Wichenford, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

WEAVER Raymond John Is Named On These Memorials

Wichenford St Laurence Church
Wichenford Village Hall

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Wichenford Village Hall with the information: Pte

Further Information About WEAVER Raymond John

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

Raymond Weaver was born in 1915, one of 5 children and the 2nd son of George and Susan (nee Spilsbury) Weaver. According to family sources he was known to family and friends by his second name, John. He attended Martley School and after leaving school he took employment as a gardeners boy at Kenswick Manor. Raymond enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters and was posted overseas in April 1944. He was wounded shortly afterwards and later died of his wounds. His mother never got over his death.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 17th June 1944:
Wichenford Man Dies of Wounds
Private R.J. Weaver, Sherwood Foresters, second son of Mr and Mrs G.R. Weaver, of Kings Green, Wichenford, died in Italy on 5 June as a result of wounds sustained early in May. Private Weaver who was 19, went abroad in April.
A memorial service will be held at Wichenford Church at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
The report includes a photograph of Raymond Weaver.

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