Basic Details
Surname
Midgley
Forenames
Edward Rayner
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He assisted his father as a verger at this church and worked in a mill before he enlisted in April 1916. He was abroad by May 1917 and went missing that September. He was the brother of John Thomas who is also commemorated here, and this is the only memorial they were found to be named on in Calderdale. However, Edward is named on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on the Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Belgium
Town of death
Ypres
Year of death
1917
Month of death
September
Day of death
27
Age at death
26
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Missing