Billy Redmayne

{{Short description|Manx soldier and motorcycle racer}}

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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.{{cite news|title=Billy Redmayne: Manx soldier dies after Oliver's Mount crash|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/motorsport/36080339|accessdate=19 April 2016|date=19 April 2016}}{{cite news|title='By far the best fun I've had on a motorbike' - Billy Redmayne|url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/by-far-the-best-fun-i-ve-had-on-a-motorbike-billy-redmayne-1-7386886|accessdate=19 April 2016|publisher=Isle of Man Today|date=2 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427052348/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/sport/motorcycling/by-far-the-best-fun-i-ve-had-on-a-motorbike-billy-redmayne-1-7386886|archive-date=27 April 2016|url-status=dead}} He won the Newcomers Manx Grand Prix in 2014 and the Junior Manx Grand Prix a year later.

On 17 April 2016 he was involved in an accident at the Oliver's Mount Spring Cup in Scarborough, North Yorkshire.{{cite news|last1=Watterson|first1=John|title=Billy Redmayne dies after motorcycle race accident in Scarborough|url=http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/billy-redmayne-dies-after-motorcycle-race-accident-in-scarborough-1-7860738|accessdate=19 April 2016|publisher=Isle of Man Today|date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420112351/http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/billy-redmayne-dies-after-motorcycle-race-accident-in-scarborough-1-7860738|archive-date=20 April 2016|url-status=dead}} He was taken by ambulance to Scarborough hospital then airlifted to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough. 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. 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.

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