RAYNER

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	John and Mary Rayner	Yes
Where born	Newport, Isle of Wight		Yes
When born	About 1890				5
Address	Gas Street, Uttoxeter			3a
	Parents: Isle of Wight	Yes
	Parents: Newport, Isle of Wight		Yes
	Wife: 154, Stanton St., Newcastle-on-Tyne.	Yes
Spouse	Ida Constance Rayner	Yes
Children
Employment Before Joining up
Where enlisted	Wakefield, Yorkshire		Yes
Regiment	KOYLI	Yes	Yes		4
Unit	8^th Bn.	Yes	Yes
Rank	Serjeant	Yes	Yes	3a, 3b	4
Service Number	17577	Yes	Yes		4
Date of Death	1 July 1916	Yes	Yes
Age at time of death	26	Yes
Where Killed or died	Somme – 1^st day (Thiepval)			2a
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders		Yes
How he died	Went Missing			3a
	Killed in Action – Shell-fire			3a
	Killed in Action		Yes
Location of Grave or Memorial	Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood Grave V. C. 40.	Yes
Awards	Victory Medal				4
	British War Medal				4
	1915 Star				4

We do not know when Charles joined up, but his Medal Card shows that he was awarded the 1915 Star^[4]. The qualifying date is given as 26^th August 1915 and France as the Theatre of War^[4].

He was acting as Lieutenant at the time that his platoon 'went over' on the first day of the Somme^[3a]. He was killed by shell-fire at Thiepval^[3a].

At the time of his death he was reported as missing^[3a], and it was not until April 1917 that his wife received official confirmation that he had died^[3a].