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Recovered 12.06.23 from www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/631358/h-j-rayner/
PRIVATE H J RAYNER
Service Number: 7810
Dorsetshire Regiment 2nd Bn.
Date of Death 14 April 1915 Age 24 years old
Buried BASRA WAR CEMETERY III. C. 12. Iraq
Son of Albert James and Catherine Annie Rayner, of Elmwood House, West St., Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
Recovered 12..6.23 from egacy.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/iwmm/iwmm_results_2p.php?Seq=13636
Newspaper entry : RAYNER - Killed in action, April 14th, during the operations in the Persian Gulf, Pte. Hy. J. Rayner, 2nd Dorset Regiment (Indian Expeditionary Force), second son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rayner, Elmwood House, West-street, Ventnor.
Newspaper Source : IW County Press, 1 May 1915
Father Albert James Rayner
Mother(Maiden name shown) : Catherine Ann Bartlam
Birth Plac : Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Birth Date 1890
Death Place: Mesopotamia
Death Date: 14 Apr 1915
Buried : Basra War Cemetery Iraq II. C. 12.
Census 1891 : West Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Census 1901 : 7 West Street, Ventnor, Isle of Wight