Name
Oliver Crossley Rayner
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/11/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Manchester Regiment
"A" Company, 3rd Bn., attached 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 13 A and 14 C.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 22 Aug 1893 and baptised on 19 Sep 1893 in Aysham, Norfolk son of the Hon. Sir Thomas Crossley Rayner (late Chief Justice of British Guiana) and Lady Agnes (Harrison) Rayner. Educated at the United Services College 1906-10. Joined the British Guiana Police.
Wartime Service
Entered France on 8 Jun 1915 and was killed in action at Beaumont Hamel on the Somme.
Additional Information
United Services College, Westward Ho, Devon amalgamated with Imperial Service College in Windsor in 1912 and then moved to Haileybury College, Hertford Heath in 1942.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
