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Card from 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes

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AuthorRaynes, Albert Brainerd
TitleCard from 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes
NotesCard from the trenches.

Editor's Comment:
Second Lieutenant Albert Brainerd Raynes, Royal Sussex Regiment, attached 2nd Bn. Royal Berkshire Regiment, was killed in action on 10th March 1915, aged 20. The son of Albert Edward and Alice Mary Raynes, of 201, Denman St., Nottingham, he is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial. Lieutenant Raynes fell on the opening day of the battle of Neuve Chapelle, his battalion taking part in the attack of the 8th Division.
Item Date12th November 1914
Creation placeNeuve Chapelle
File typeImage
Item sourcePostcard
Item mediumCard
ContentPostcard
CataloguerRichard Marshall
FilenameGWA_4179_12_11_14.jpg
CopyrightThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
Digital repositoryThe Great War Archive, University of Oxford
Contributor NameProfessor E P Raynes
Reference URLhttp://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5868