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Redgrave remained in Australia until his death sometime in the 1920s, but exactly where he lived and when he died remained a mystery to his family in Britain until his granddaughter Lynn Redgrave visited Sydney with her then husband John Clark, and vowed to find him.
Major-General Sir Roy Redgrave, who has died aged 85, was awarded an MC in the last week of the Second World War in Europe, and afterwards commanded the Household Cavalry.
Is buried under a very simple headstone at South Head Cemetery, in the Sydney, Australia suburb of Vaucluse. His son, Michael, is acknowledged on the headstone. The inscription simply reads "Roy Redgrave, Actor. Died May 25, 1922, age 50. Marked by his son, Michael.". He was the son of Zoe Beatrice Elsworthy (Pym) and George Augustus Redgrave.
Jul 21, 2024 · The search led them to Sydney Opera House library, where they found an obituary, which had been printed in The Sydney Morning Herald, stating he had died on May 25, 1922, aged 49. Roy Redgrave's son Sir Michael Redgrave, pictured in 1964. (Getty)
- Merryn Porter
Jul 31, 2011 · Roy Redgrave died on July 3. He married, in 1953, Valerie Wellesley. She predeceased him and he is survived by their two sons. Maj-Gen Sir Roy Redgrave, who has died aged 85, was awarded an MC...
Roy Redgrave was born on 26 April 1873 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Our Friends the Hayseeds (1917), Robbery Under Arms (1920) and The Christian (1911). He was married to Margaret Scudamore, Ellen Maud Pratt (aka Judith Kyrle) and Esther Mary Cooke (aka Ettie Carlyle). He died on 25 May 1922 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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Major General Sir Roy Redgrave has enjoyed an unusual, some might say eccentric, life. Born into the same family as the well known actors, he was brought up in Romania as part of a thriving international community before he joined the British Army and advanced to high rank.
