Letter home written by 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes
| Title |
Letter home written by 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes
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|---|---|
| Author |
Raynes, Albert Brainerd
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| Notes |
Letter home written by my uncle, 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes.
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 date |
8th December 1914
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| Creation place |
Neuve Chapelle
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| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_3256_08_12_14.pdf
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Peter Raynes
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Collection
Citation
“Letter home written by 2nd Lt Albert Brainerd Raynes,” by Raynes, Albert Brainerd. The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 18, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/4629.
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