William ('Nono') Rathbone

Major William ('Nono') Rathbone
Died	1992
Residence	39 Cadogan Gardens, SW3
Occupation	armed services
Society Membership membership ordinary fellow left 1919 last listed elected_AI 1918.04.16

Notes

House Notes

1918.03.19 proposed by F. Corner, seconded by A. Keith

Notes From Elsewhere

There is not a terribly large amount of information on William Rathbone. We were fortunate enough to make contact with his family, but we likely had as much information as they, and a few more photographs. In 601 Squadron he had the nickname of 'Nono'. In Squadron Leader Brian Thynne's photo albums he is seen as a rather jovial figure with a great deal of personality obvious from those few photos we have. A few facts came from the Internet.
He was the eldest son of William Rathbone VIII (quite obviously) and Agnes Dorothea Rankin (Dora). He was educated at Oxford and rowed for the Oxford Boat Club.
During the he served in 601 Squadron as Armaments Officer, and then in the Pathfinder Force. He continued the family tradition of support for District Nursing, organizing the Greater London Provident Scheme before the war whereby employers contributed 2d a week for the services of a district nurse for unwell employees; later he became president of the Queen's Institute for District Nursing.