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|Surname and forenames=Raine Thomas Henry
 
|Surname and forenames=Raine Thomas Henry
 
|Army number=4459413
 
|Army number=4459413
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1916/17.
|Age=23
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|Age=23 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority:- WOL/Mc/OR/19544/ dated 5/4/43 (Casualty L.).
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|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.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
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|Company/Battery=D Company.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
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|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester.   Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row C, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
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|Task or role=Not known but probably Rifleman.
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|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
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|Promotions=None known.
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|Wounded=Not yet known.
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|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.
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|Home address=Son of Thomas Robson and Annie Adelina Raine, Ebchester. 
 
|Image Name=Raine_T_H_4459413.JPG
 
|Image Name=Raine_T_H_4459413.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte H Raine's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte H Raine's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Latest revision as of 13:03, 20 December 2021

Personnel Entry

Pte H Raine's CWGC headstone.
Pte H Raine's CWGC headstone.

Name Raine Thomas Henry
Army number 4459413
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
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.).
Company/Battery D Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War
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.
Source table 1TS