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Sergeant Albert Edward Rayner Veteran

Birth
Lockwood, Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England
Death
20 Nov 1917 (aged 21)
Burial
Hermies, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Add to Map
Plot
Special Memorial B. 2.
Memorial ID
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Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

RAYNOR, ALBERT EDWARD. Sergeant. No 240276. 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Victoria Road, Lockwood, 15.9.1896. Son of John Edward and Jane Raynor, 101 Thornton Lodge Road, Huddersfield. Educated Mount Pleasant Council School. Employed as assistant overlooker by Messrs J. Lumb and Sons Limited. Was a primary teacher at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Sunday School. Was a member of the local Territorials prior to the outbreak of the war. Killed in action near Cambrai on 20.11.1917, aged 21 years.

Buried HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Special Memorial B 2.
ROH:- Mount Pleasant Chapel, Lockwood; Huddersfield Drill Hall.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:

RAYNOR, ALBERT EDWARD. Sergeant. No 240276. 2/5th Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Born Victoria Road, Lockwood, 15.9.1896. Son of John Edward and Jane Raynor, 101 Thornton Lodge Road, Huddersfield. Educated Mount Pleasant Council School. Employed as assistant overlooker by Messrs J. Lumb and Sons Limited. Was a primary teacher at Mount Pleasant Wesleyan Sunday School. Was a member of the local Territorials prior to the outbreak of the war. Killed in action near Cambrai on 20.11.1917, aged 21 years.

Buried HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY. Grave location:- Special Memorial B 2.
ROH:- Mount Pleasant Chapel, Lockwood; Huddersfield Drill Hall.

Gravesite Details

Serjeant, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment). Age: 21.


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  • Maintained by: DC
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 6, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56041950/albert_edward-rayner: accessed ), memorial page for Sergeant Albert Edward Rayner (15 Sep 1896–20 Nov 1917), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56041950, citing Hermies Hill British Cemetery, Hermies, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Maintained by DC (contributor 50456118).