Basic Details
Surname
Raynes
Forenames
John C
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
John Crawshaw
Served or died
Served
Honours
VC
Notes
The Roll of Honour merely listed the names of those who enlisted, and was not annotated re whether they survived or died, or if they were decorated. However, it is known that John Crawshaw Raynes of Leeds City Police received the Victoria Cross while serving in the RFA (published London Gazette 18/11/1915), and that he died on 12/11/1929 from paralysis and depression that resulted from the injuries he sustained in the War. (These included being badly gassed when he loaned his gas mask to a wounded soldier who he rescued on 11/10/1915, and being buried alive the following day under a house that was shelled).
Primary Service
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Country of death
The memorial does not state whether he died or survived the War