Noel Roderick RAYNER

Main CPGW Record

Surname: RAYNER

Forename(s): Noel Roderick

Place of Birth: Grassendale, Lancashire

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Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Flying Corps

Battalion / Unit: 57th Squadron

Division: ---

Age: 20

Date of Death: 1917-07-27

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CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. L. 5.

CWGC Cemetery: COXYDE MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GIGGLESWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Noel Roderick Rayner was the son of George Herbert and Mary Margaret Rayner, née Wilson. George was born at Wavertree, Lancashire and Mary at Morpeth, Northumberland.

1901 Grassendale, Lancashire Census: 5, Broughton Drive - Noel R. Rayner, aged 4 years, born Grassendale, son of George H. and Mary M. Rayner.

1911 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire Census: 2, Eastbourne Villas, College Road - Noel Rayner, Student, aged 14 years, born Liverpool, Lancashire, nephew of Wilfred Rayner.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Lt Noel Roderick Rayner, West Yorkshire Regiment & Royal Flying Corps. Theatre of War first served in: France. Correspondence: Mrs. Rayner, 3, Penyghent View, Settle, Yorkshire.

Noel Roderick Rayner served with the 2nd Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps.

Noel is commemorated on the Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland War Memorial. (Noel's mother was living at 4, Windsor Terrace, Newbiggin in 1911).

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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