Difference between revisions of "Raine Thomas Henry Pte 4459413"
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|Date of birth=Born 1916/17. | |Date of birth=Born 1916/17. | ||
|Age=23 at the time of his death. | |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.). |
| + | |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards. | ||
|Company/Battery=D Company. | |Company/Battery=D Company. | ||
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known. | ||
Revision as of 09:55, 26 March 2026
Personnel Entry
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
