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Personal data Vittorio A. F. Citterio (Victor Cittern) 

• He was born on June 27, 1920 in St. Marylebone, London. England.

  Name: Vittorio A F Citterio Year of Registration: 1920 Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep Mother's Maiden Name: Chiodo District: St Marylebone (1902-1977) County: Greater London, London Volume: 1a Page: 866
  
  First name(s) VITTORIO A F
  Last name CITTERIO
  Birth year 1920
  Birth quarter 3
  Registration month -
  Mother's last name CHIODO
  District MARYLEBONE
  County London
  Country England
  Volume 1A
  Page 866
  Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
  Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
  Subcategory Births & baptisms
  Collections from Great Britain

• Resident:
• from 1948 till 1952: 193 Lyon Park Avenue, Wembly.

  Name: Victor Cittern with Henry Cittern.
  Electoral Date: 1952
  Street Address: 193 Lyon Park Avenue, Wembly.
  Ward or Division/Constituency: Wembley South
  County or Borough: Wembley, England
  Reference Number: MR/PER/C/0887

• in the year 1953: 91 Kingsley Avenue, Ealing, London.

  Name: Victor Cittern
  Electoral Date: 1953
  Street Address: 91 Kingsley Avenue
  Ward or Division/Constituency: Ealing North East
  County or Borough: Ealing, England
  Reference Number: MR/PER/C/0893

• in the year 1963: 25 Shelley Crescent, Southall, Middlesex.

  Name: Victor-J Cittern with Henrietta
  Electoral Date: 1963
  Street Address: 25 Shelley Crescent
  Ward or Division/Constituency: Southall
  County or Borough: Ealing, England
  Reference Number: MR/PER/C/1156

• from 2002 till 2005: 114, Plymouth Drive, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 3SJ.

  First name(s) Victor
  Last name Cittern
  Age guide 65+
  Address 114, Plymouth Drive, Fareham, Hampshire, PO14 3SJ
  Town Fareham
  District Fareham
  County Hampshire
  Country England
  Year 2002-05
  Electoral rolls 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
  Occupancy (years) 21
  Other occupants Henriette Cittern
  Record set UK electoral registers 2002-2014
  Category Census, land & surveys
  Subcategory Electoral Rolls
  Collections from Great Britain

• He died on June 2, 2009 in Hill Head, Hampshire, England, he was 88 years old.Source 1

  Name: Mr Victor Cittern
  Gender: Male
  Age: 89
  Birth Date: 27 Jun 1920
  Last Residence: Fareham, Hampshire, England
  Postal Code District: Po14
  Death Date: 2 Jun 2009

• A child of Amos Guiseppe Citterio and Francesca (Modeste) Palmira Pax Chiodo
• This information was last updated on October 2, 2022.

Household of Vittorio A. F. Citterio (Victor Cittern)

He is married to Henriette C (Yetta) Rensen.

They got married on 2ND QTR 1953 at Willesden, London. England, he was 32 years old.

Name: Henriette C Rensen
Possible Partners: Victor Cittern... District: Willesden... County: Middlesex... Year: 1953... Quarter: Apr-Jun... Volume: 5f... Page: 0550...
BMD Records Marriages
Name: Henriette C Rensen
Possible Partners: Vittoria F A Citterio... District: Willesden... County: Middlesex... Year: 1953... Quarter: Apr-Jun... Volume: 5f... Page: 0550...

Name Henriette C Rensen
Event Type Marriage Registration
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year 1953
Registration District Willesden
County Middlesex
Event Place Willesden, Middlesex, England
Spouse Name (available after 1911) Cittern Or Citterio
Volume 5F
Page 550
Line Number 126

Henriette C Rensen probably married one of the following people
Name Vittoria F A Citterio

First name(s) VITTORIA F A
Last name CITTERIO
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1953
Registration month -
MarriageFinder™ VITTORIA F A CITTERIO married
HENRIETTE C RENSEN
Spouse's last name RENSEN
District WILLESDEN
District number -
County Middlesex
Country England
Volume 5F
Page 550
Record set England & Wales marriages 1837-2008
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Marriages & divorces
Collections from Great Britain

Child(ren):

1. (Not public)
2. (Not public)

Notes about Vittorio A. F. Citterio (Victor Cittern)

2nd June 2009
Today we are here to celebrate Vic’s life and I would like to read you a short summary which hopefully gives a good feel for Vic the person as well as the life and times he lived through.
Victor was born in central London near the Post Office tower, on June 27th 1920, he was the youngest of 14 children. Vic’s parents had come to England to find work in 1900; his father was Italian and his mother Swiss. Vic often told that as many of his brothers and sisters were so much older than him, they were more like Uncles and Aunts to him and he was the favourite little brother. It was a close family, and the family was always very important to Vic throughout his life. His father was a cabinet maker and Vic was to follow in his father’s footsteps, and so after leaving school at 14, Vic became a cabinet makers’ apprentice in London. From an early age he was a keen athlete and joined athletic clubs both running and cycling, but he soon found that his true love was cycling; this passion was to continue for the rest of his life. He once cycled from London to Brighton and back at the age of twelve! He became an enthusiastic amateur racing cyclist both on the road and on the track. He competed in National competitions and I remember seeing press photos of him coming in the top 5 when racing on the track against the top English cyclists. He regularly entered 25, 50 and 100 mile road races and would deliberately seek out the steepest hills to race up to improve his fitness. In the 1930s the family had moved away from central London to a small village in the countryside, it is difficult to imagine now but this country village was actually Wembley, and was within sight of the famous stadium. Vic commuted to his various cabinet making jobs all over London, always by bike, the commuting being part of his cycle training. Vic was a very friendly soul, he would always be happy chatting to other cycling enthusiasts he came across on his rides, and I will always remember many of his stories of races on the road and at the track. As well as cycling, Vic was also a keen supporter of his local football team, ‘The Arsenal’ as they were called. As a youth he was present at the famous Chelsea-Arsenal match which was so over-full that children were passed over the heads of spectators down to the pitch to avoid the severe over-crowding.
Vic was conscripted into the Army in 1940, into the 51st Highland division, Royal Artillery. During the war he was to see active service all over the world: in Egypt at El Alamein, Tunisia and Sicily as well taking part in the liberation of Europe in 1944-5. Vic was very fond of telling stories of those days, and I will always remember his many tales which included: several near misses in the trenches, encounters with downed US fliers, water being so severely rationed that it was commonly stolen, sand storms in the desert, ‘friendly’ fire incidents, their troop ship being accidentally rammed and many more besides. Later on, during the invasion of Sicily, Vic caught malaria, others who did so did not pull through, but Vic came through it. In 1944 during the so called second front, Vic was based for a short time in Vught, a small village in Holland and here, he was to meet Henrietta, and this meeting was to change both their lives. By all accounts it was love at first sight. They were to start a regular correspondence by letter, and in 1953, Vic and Yetta were married. They had 2 sons, Joe in 1955 and Pete in 1958, and at this time the family were living in Southall in west London. Vic worked as a carpenter for Nestles in Hayes and still commuted to work by bike. I remember him bringing home the staff sales ‘imperfect’ chocolate which tasted pretty perfect to us. Most years, Yetta would visit her family in Holland, sometimes by herself, and on one such occasion, Vic was left to look after us 2 boys. I particularly remember him not just burning the toast, but running out of the kitchen with an entire English breakfast ablaze. Cooking was not one of his strong points!
In the early 1970s Vic & Yetta decided to move the family away from London, many of Vic’s brothers and sisters were moving away to the south coast. Vic & Yetta decided to move the family to Locks Heath which at that time was very rural and was quite a change from the suburbs of London. Vic exchanged furniture building for boat building and initially worked at Southampton Docks. At that time the Queen Elizabeth 2 was being built and Vic worked on fitting out the interior for her maiden voyage. Later on he worked on fitting out somewhat smaller boats on the Hamble and then latterly for the MOD in Portsmouth. Vic approached retirement with some trepidation as he had been so active throughout his entire life, but when the age of 65 came, he actually really enjoyed himself, spending time with the family, including his 2 grand-daughters in the summer holidays. In his retirement Vic enjoyed playing snooker and badminton, watching football (his motto was always that he wanted the best team to win). Riding his bike was still very important to him, he would ride out around the country lanes around Stubbington, Hillhead and Titchfield and even when his memory started to fail him he would simply stop and ask for directions as many times as necessary.

Latterly, Vic was looked after by Haye Corner Care home for 5 years and the family would particularly like to thank all the staff there for their excellent care. Just recently in the last 6 weeks Vic was very ably looked after by Solent Cliffs Nursing Home and on behalf of all the family I would like to thank all of the staff for their excellent care.
Vic is at peace now; he will be sadly missed by everyone.

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