RAYNER, Charles Frederick

Blighty Valley Cemetery, Somme FranceCredit: CWGC

Serjeant
8th Battalion
King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Charles was born 1889 in Newport to John & Mary Jane (nee SHEATH) RAYNER of 16 Carisbrooke Road, Newport. 1915 in Elham, Kent he married Ida Constance GLOVER who was living at 154 Stanton Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne around the time of Charles’ death.

Charles, aged 26, was Killed in Action on the 1st of July 1916 on the first day of the Battle of The Somme. He is buried in the Blighty Valley Cemetery on The Somme, France beneath a Commission Headstone bearing the Family Inscription, chosen by his wife: “BELOVED AND MOURNED BY ALL”. Charles rests alongside 1,026 of his First World War comrades, 536 of whom remain unidentified.

Charles is also remembered on the Carisbrooke War Memorial.

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.