- SURNAME
Ramensky
- FORENAME
John
- UNIT
6 Commando (6 Troop) + 30 Commando (34 Section)
- RANK
Fusilier
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Military Medal
- PLACE
Italy 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
born 6.4.1905 Glenboig,Lanarkshire (as Yonas Ramanauckas)
parents from Lithuanian origins
after WW1 moved to Gorbals,Glasgow
coal miner
spent 45 years in prison for safe breaking
married Margaret McManus October 1931
resided 89 Cathcart Road,Glasgow
enlisted January 1943
explosives instructor,Commando training schools
Special Service (breaking safes in enemy HQs,often behind enemy lines)
There appears conflicting evidence that he was awarded MM as he appears never
to have accepted it.
married Lily (Lisa) Mulholland 1955
known as John Ramsay in later life
died 4.11.1972 Perth Prison hospital
death certificate reads "John (formerly Yonas) Ramsay (formerly Ramanauckas)"
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