Montague Rakusen

Leading Seaman Montague Rakusen was an English sailor of the Royal Navy who died during the Second World War.
He was born on 30 October 1909, in Leeds, the son of Lazarus and Gertrude Rakusen (née Sadofsky). His father was a jeweller and founder of the food manufacturer Rakuzen's, which produced kosher Jewish food.The Rakusens of Leeds, coussins.org. Retrieved 21 June 2015. In civilian life, Rakuzen worked as a solicitor. He married in 1936, to Marie Esther Kaye. By 1939, Rakusen had volunteered for the Air Raid Precautions Service.Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
Aged 32, Rakuzen is presumed to have died on 28 March 1942 while participating in the raid on St. Nazaire. His vessel, the motor launch ML 268, had been tasked with the delivery of 18 commandos, but came under heavy fire as it approached the landing point. The ship's petrol caught fire, engulfing ML 268 in flames, precipitating an explosion that blew up the launch.Ford, Ken (2012), St Nazaire 1942: The Great Commando Raid, p. 47.
He has no known grave and is commemorated by the Chatham Naval Memorial.
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*Rakusen, Montague, cwgc.org. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
Category:1909 births
Category:1942 deaths
Category:British military personnel
Category:Royal Navy
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:Burial Unknown
Category:Chatham Naval Memorial
Category:Leading Seamen