[BITList] Fwd: Monument website update Romilly Nute

[michael J Feltham]

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> G'day folks,
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> From a UK correspondent ...
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> One of "The Few"
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> Until recently we knew nothing of this airman except that he flew throughout the Battle and was killed in 1941.
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> Case study:
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> The surname Nute is unusual and there are few references on the net, this also applies to his forename Romilly. (It turned out that he was born in India which frustrated searches on the usual heritage sites).
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> However one reference indicated that a Nute married a Craik in 1942. On a hunch that newborn boys were often named after a family member killed in action, I searched on 'Romilly Craik'. This turned up an entry in the phone book for Melbourne, Australia.
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> As an unsolicited phone call can be cut off with 'no, thank you' I wrote an old-fashioned letter. It turned out that he was a nephew and forwarded the letter to his brother in the UK who supplied the new material.
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> The family had no idea that he was a Battle veteran.
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> http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Nute.htm <http://www.bbm.org.uk/airmen/Nute.htm>
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> Regards to all................
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> ooroo
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