Ronald Stanley Orme
Memorial: Hanham - High Street
Regiment: South Lancashire Parachute Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private 14726132
Parents: Harold and Martha Orme
Home address: 109 High Street, Hanham, Bristol. Had moved to Cardiff at the time of his death
Date of birth: 29/11/1925
Place of birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Date of death: 03/01/1945
Buried/Commemorated at: First interment at Bure British Cemetery but later moved and buried at the Hotton British Cemetery (Ref. VI. D. 5.) in Belgium
Age: 19
Further information:
Ronald was born in in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA. The family returned to UK in about 1928. Ronald attended Samuel Whites School and Hanham Road Boys School. As a boy he would climb trees, pull his coat over his head and jump, making his coat act as a parachute. After he left school he moved to Cardiff with his parents. He joined the Sea Cadets Corps 1942/43 and the Army Air Corps in March 1944. He served with the 13th Battalion (2nd/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment). He was Killed in Action on the first day of the Battle for Bure
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information is based by kind permission on the following sources:
1) Booklet ‘Not Just a Name on Stone’ by Hanham Local History Society
2) Thanks to Mr R Crew and Mrs. M Antill of Hanham Local History society for their help
3) Jo Hurst, volunteer researcher for the Second World War Stories Project