Reginald Grant Raynor

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772274

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Cremated, Brantford, Ontario - No Known Cemetery

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Brantford, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

28 Mt. Pleasant Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

28 Mt. Pleasant Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Tool maker

Employer:

Massey-Harris Co.

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

BX November 20, 1917

Several Brantford men are reported wounded in a late casualty list today. Private Reginald Grant Raynor, 28 Mount Pleasant Street, who was a toolmaker, went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion. He was single. Private William Howard White was a married man and lived at 53 Charlotte Street and also went overseas with the first Brant County Battalion. Private William Henry Spain was also reported wounded. Private David Charles Dougherty, formerly of 145 Nelson Street, is single and went overseas in September 1915.

BX November 29, 1917

Wounded Only

Official word was received today that Private Reginald Grant Raynor, who left here with the 125th, had been wounded only. Previously Ottawa had first reported him wounded and then killed, but on wiring for further information it was shown that the second telegram was in error.

BX October 29, 1918

Are Returning

Secretary MacDonald of the Soldiers’ Aid Commission today received word that three Brantford men would return tonight. They are R.G. Raynor, 28 Mt. Pleasant Street; H.E. Duke, 228 Nelson Street, and C. Webb, 9 Elizabeth Street. They will arrive in Toronto today some time and are expected on the Grand Trunk train this evening.

BX April 3, 1984

RAYNOR, Reginald Grant – At the Brantford General Hospital on Sunday, April 1, 1984, in his 87th year Reg Raynor, beloved husband of Lilas Raynor; brother of Gordon Raynor of Brantford. Mr. Raynor was a member of the Dufferin Lawn Bowling Club and the Shuffle Board Clubs of Zion United Church. A family service was held at the McCleister Funeral Home, 30 Brant Avenue on Tuesday, followed by cremation. Rev. Harry Manning of Balfour United Church officiated. Flowers gratefully declined.