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Recovered 12.6.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/830292/thomas-charles-henry-rayner/
CORPORAL OF HORSE THOMAS CHARLES HENRY RAYNER
Service Number: 842
Household Battalion
Date of Death 12 October 1917
Commemorated at TYNE COT MEMORIAL Panel 3.Belgium
Recovered 12.06.23 from http://legacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13637
Newspaper entry : We regret to hear that Corporal-of-Horse Tom Rayner, of the Household Cavalry (son of Mr. Harry Rayner, of Upper Ventnor), has been killed in France. He was a smart and efficient soldier and much liked by everybody. Only a few months ago he was home on leave. He was shot through the head by a sniper. Corpl. Rayner before enlisting worked at Eastman's Ltd.
Newspaper Source : IoW Mercury, 26 Oct 1917
Father : Henry (Harry) Rayner
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Henrietta Loader
Birth Place Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Birth Date 1894
Death Place Belgium
Death Date 12 Oct 1917
Commemorated Tyne Cot Memorial West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Panel 3.
Census 1901: 5 Kildare Cottage, Albert Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Census 1911: 6 Market Hill, Ventnor, Isle of Wight