The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private T Raynor

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THY WILL BE DONE

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Private Thomas RAYNOR, G/3887, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, Flanders France, 27th August 1916, age 33.

Born Monmouth, Monmouthshire, son of Mary Raynor.

1911 Census Wales - 214 Pearl Street, Cardiff, Wales - John Edward Ellis, head, age 36, married, coal tipper, Docks, worker, born Shigstor, Worcester; Elizabeth Ellis, wife, age 40, married 12 years, 7 children, all still alive, born Llanwarne, Hereford; John Ernest Ellis, son, age 11, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; Trevor? Ellis, son, age 10, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; Dorothy Margaret Ellis, daughter, age 9, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; William Abraham Ellis, son, age 6, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; Ellen Elizabeth Ellis, daughter, age 3, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; Gertrude Elsie Ellis, daughter, age 9 months, born Cardiff, Glamorganshire; James Raynor, brother in law, age 45, single, coal porter, Railway, worker, born Leominster, Hereford; Harry Raynor, brother in law, age 29, single, fitters labourer, Railway, worker, born Monmouth, Monmouthshire; Thomas Raynor, brother in law, age 27, single, Mill labourer, flour mills, worker, born Monmouth, Monmouthshire.

Enlisted Cardiff, Wales.

30th September 1915, posted BEF.

From Soldiers Effects - Brothers - James Raynor; Harry Raynor; William Raynor; Sisters - Mrs Elizabeth Ellis; Mrs Helen Budge.

Buried at Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension, Plot 2. Row B. Grave 61., France.

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