Billy Redmayne with the Junior Manx Grand Prix trophy at a dinner at the Palace Hotel in Douglas, January 2016

Billy Redmayne (6 February 1991 – 19 April 2016) was a Manx soldier and motorcycle racer.

A native of Laxey, he served in the Parachute Regiment and completed three tours in Afghanistan.[1][2] He won the Newcomers Manx Grand Prix in 2014 and the Junior Manx Grand Prix a year later.[1][3]

On 17 April 2016 he was involved in an accident at the Oliver's Mount Spring Cup in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.[3] He was taken by ambulance to Scarborough hospital then airlifted to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.[1] He died aged 25, with his family around him and on his second anniversary with partner Hannah Wright, who said that he had died doing what he loved.[1] His brain injuries were too severe for him to recover, and his partner and family made a decision for his life support to be switched off and his organs donated.[3]

Redmayne was due to debut at the Isle of Man TT in the summer of 2016.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Billy Redmayne: Manx soldier dies after Oliver's Mount crash". 19 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "'By far the best fun I've had on a motorbike' - Billy Redmayne". Isle of Man Today. 2 August 2015. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Watterson, John (19 April 2016). "Billy Redmayne dies after motorcycle race accident in Scarborough". Isle of Man Today. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
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