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Albert Brainerd, Raynes
Raynes
Albert Brainerd
Letter home written by 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes about life in the trenches (4)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
2011-12-05 11:21:50.757389
2011-12-05 11:21:51.375294
2011
GWA_3247_01_12_14_4.pdf
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Letter home written by my uncle, 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes, about life in the trenches.
Location probably Neuve Chapelle.
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.