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VC673 John Crawshaw Raynes
BORN 28 April 1887
DIED 12 November 1929 AGE 42
VC Won 11 October 1915 AGE 28
Place VC Won Fosse 7 de Bethune, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name John Crawshaw Raynes No. 36830
VC Issue No. 673 Awards VC
Regiment Royal Field Artillery, 'A' Battery
Later
Now Royal Regiment of Artillery
Rank VC Won Acting Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Battery Sergeant-Major
Place Of Birth Ecclesall, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Place Of Death At his home, Grange Crescent, Chapeltown, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Buried/Location Ashes Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 16 November 1929
Headstone Headstone Plot/Grave no. Section H, Grave 11
Gazetted 18 November 1915
VC Presented 4 December 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Harehills Cemetery, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
P Named on memorial at Royal Artillery Chapel, Woolwich, London
P Named on Leeds VC Memorial, Centenary Square, Leeds, nth Yorkshire
By The Way…
The headstone was refurbished in 2008
VC Held By
Royal Artillery Regiment Museum, Old Royal Military Academy, Red Lion Lane, Woolwich, London, England
