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{{Personnel
|id=1559
|Surname and forenames=Raine Thomas Henry
|Army number=4459413
|Rank=Pte
|Age=23
|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.
|Source table=1TS
}}

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 |Army number=4459413
 |Rank=Private.
-|Date of birth=Born 26/12/1916 according to his Army Enlistment documents.  Census data shows the date as 26/12/1917.
+|Date of birth=Born 26/12/1916 according to his Army Enlistment documents.  Census data shows the date as 26/12/1917.  Birth Certificate confirms his birthday as 26/12/1916.
 |Age=23 at the time of his death, which supports a birth year of 1916.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 17/1/1940 at Gateshead.  Posted to the 12th Battalion?  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  His Service Records imply an enlistment directly to the Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  from 24/4/1940.  Declared missing 21/5/1940.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.).
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 |Wounded=No - other than the injuries which caused his death.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No headstone inscription.  His death was not confirmed by the Perth Record Office until 7/4/1943 which then lead to a grant of Probate by the Durham Office to his father on 8/4/1943 covering his effects totalling £191.10.00.
-|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson Raine (schoolteacher - served as a Special Constable during the War) and Annie Adelina Raine of School House, Ebchester, Pelton Fell.  Thomas worked as an Apprentice Insurance Agent before enlistment.  The family had previously lived at Holywake Street, Pelton Lane Ends, Pelton.
+|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson Raine (schoolteacher - served as a Special Constable during the War) and Annie Adelina Raine of School House, Ebchester, Pelton Fell.  Thomas worked as an Apprentice Insurance Agent before enlistment.  The family had previously lived at Holywake Street, Pelton Lane Ends, Pelton,  which is the address at which his birth was registered.
 |Image Name=Raine_T_H_4459413.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte H Raine's CWGC headstone.

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 |Age=23 at the time of his death, which supports a birth year of 1916.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 17/1/1940 at Gateshead.  Posted to the 12th Battalion?  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  His Service Records imply an enlistment directly to the Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  from 24/4/1940.  Declared missing 21/5/1940.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.).
-|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards - War Medal and 1939-45 Star.  He was not apparently awarded the France and Germany Star - perhaps as his service in Northern France was only 27 days before he was killed.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards - War Medal and 1939-45 Star.
 |Company/Battery=D Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.

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 |Army number=4459413
 |Rank=Private.
-|Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
+|Date of birth=Born 26/12/1916 according to his Army Enlistment documents.  Census data shows the date as 26/12/1917.
-|Age=23 at the time of his death.
+|Age=23 at the time of his death, which supports a birth year of 1916.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.).
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, 17/1/1940 at Gateshead.  Posted to the 12th Battalion?  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  His Service Records imply an enlistment directly to the Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  from 24/4/1940.  Declared missing 21/5/1940.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.).
-|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
+|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards - War Medal and 1939-45 Star.  He was not apparently awarded the France and Germany Star - perhaps as his service in Northern France was only 27 days before he was killed.
 |Company/Battery=D Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
-|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
+|Task or role=Not known for certain but probably Rifleman.
-|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
+|Joined Brigade=17/1/1940.
 |Promotions=None known.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
 |Wounded=No - other than the injuries which caused his death.
-|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No headstone inscription.
+|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No headstone inscription.  His death was not confirmed by the Perth Record Office until 7/4/1943 which then lead to a grant of Probate by the Durham Office to his father on 8/4/1943 covering his effects totalling £191.10.00.
-|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.
+|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson Raine (schoolteacher - served as a Special Constable during the War) and Annie Adelina Raine of School House, Ebchester, Pelton Fell.  Thomas worked as an Apprentice Insurance Agent before enlistment.  The family had previously lived at Holywake Street, Pelton Lane Ends, Pelton.
 |Image Name=Raine_T_H_4459413.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte H Raine's CWGC headstone.

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 |Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
 |Age=23 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.).|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies Summer 1939.  Posted to the ? 9th Battalion.  Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.).
 |Company/Battery=D Company.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.

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 |Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=Not yet known.
+|Prisoner of War=No.
 |Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.  No headstone inscription.
 |Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.
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 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
 |Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.   Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
+|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.   Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
 |Image Name=Raine_T_H_4459413.JPG
 |Image Title=Pte H Raine's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}

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 |Rank=Pte
 |Age=23
-|Unit=DLI, 1 TS
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, No Enlistment Date, Trf Black Watch 1/2/1940, Posted 1 TS, KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.)
-|Died/Killed in action=20/5/1940 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
-|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.
+|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, Bucquoy Road Cemetery, Ficheux.
 |Source table=1TS
 }}