RAYNER, William

Thiepval Memorial, Somme FranceCredit: CWGC

Private
1st Battalion
Grenadier Guards

William was born 1884 in Newport to Charles & Fanny Jane (nee NEW) RAYNER. Charles predeceased his son. The family had previously lived at 23 Coppins Bridge & 10 Hillside Terrace, both in Newport. In 1916 at St. George’s Church in Arreton William married Mabel Alice SMITH who was living at ‘Venezia’, Tower Road in East Cowes around the time of William’s death.

William, aged 31, was listed as Missing in Presumed Killed in Action on the 20th of November 1916, & is commemorated on the largest Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, Somme in France with 72,306 of his comrades.

William is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.