1987

Raymond Care

Countries: USA

War served, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as having served in, and survived, WW2.

Colonel Raymond Charles Care was born on 30 March 1918 in Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, USA, the second of the five children of Charles Fleetwood Care (1891-1963) and Francelia Phoebe Care née Markley (1891-1976).

Our Picture source gives details of his military service showing that he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force where he served as Pilot Officer in No.71 (Eagle Squadron), transferred to the USAAF, became a prisoner of war and eventually retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel in 1963.

He was married to Louise May King (1920-2009) and died, aged 69 years, on 3 April 1987 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. He was buried on 7 April 1987 in Plot 8.O.1575, in the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, 1520 Harry Wurzbach Road, San Antonio, Texas.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Raymond Care

Commemorated ati

Eagle Squadrons

{On the front of the pillar, facing north, into the square, below a carved im...

See other memorials in this area

Other Subjects

J. F. Collins

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

Hy. Dickens

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

A. Tompkinson

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

John N. Horton

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

A. Bridgman

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Greater London Council

Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...

Group, Politics & Administration

241 memorials

Columbia Market attack

On the first day of the Blitz it seems that a 50kg bomb fell through a ventilation shaft and exploded in the basement of the market which had been designated an air-raid shelter for the local peopl...

Event, Tragedy

1 memorial

William de Morgan

Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...

Person, Craft / Design, Literature

23 memorials

Golden Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II. The Golden Jubilee Weekend took place between 1 and 4 June 2002 in London.

Event, Royalty

11 memorials

Battle of Trafalgar

A sea battle that took place off Cape Trafalgar on the south west coast of Spain. Nelson led the British fleet to a decisive victory which permanently removed the threat of invasion of England by t...

Event, Armed Forces, France, Spain

9 memorials