Raine Thomas Henry Pte 4459413

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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 No - other than the injuries which caused his death.
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.
Source table 1TS

Private Thomas Henry Raine.