Basic Details
Surname
Scarborough
Forenames
Raymond Joseph
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as "Late of Peterborough". The Roll also records his brother Maurice.

(CWGC records that Private R J Scarborough, regimental number 714, died on 24/9/1916 serving in 14th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, and is now buried in grave V.A.5 at Flatiron Copse Cemetery at Mametz in France, having been reinterred after the War. The birth of Raymond Joseph Scarborough was registered in Wisbech District in 1887. On the 1891 census he was living with his parents Mary and Luke B Scarborough at Lincoln Road in Peterborough; his place of birth was given as Wisbech. On the 1901 census he was living with his parents at 24 Richmond Road, Handsworth, Staffordshire. On the 1911 census he was living with them at Bank House, Summer Hill, Birmingham. The Medal Rolls record that Raymond was sent to France on 21/11/1915. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that he was killed in action on 24/9/1916 in France, and that his father Luke B Scarborough was his legatee).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Royal Warwicks
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Mericourt
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
24
Manner of death as stated
Killed in action
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
LATE OF PETERBOROUGH
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial