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RAIKES Frederick Munro 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/21117

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SKR/DAT/IP/21117
Title
RAIKES Frederick Munro 2/Lt
Date
2000-2024
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Surname: RAIKES;

Forename(s): Frederick Munro;

Initials: FM;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Paddington, Middx.;

Previous Regiment: S Wales Borderers;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 135 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: Iraq;

When killed: 22-Feb-1917;

Other Data: Corpus Christi College, Oxford Register,1880-1974: At College 1891-1895. B22 Delamere Cresc, /4/1872, 1st son of Robert Taunton Raikes, solicitor, of Enderfield, Chislehurst, Kent.Mother: Sophia Jane Raikes (nee Morris). Educ Radley1885-1891. Corpus Christi, Oxford A2, B4 1895, BA 1895. Sec BC 1894-5. Sec Pelican Essay Club 1894, Sec. Owlet Club 1894. Pres 1895. Solicitor. Married 1900, Harriet d. of Sir JA Kempe, KCB. Gt War: 2 Lt SWB att MGC, France. Kia 22/2/1917 at Sanna-I-yat, Mesopotamia.
NOK Mrs Raikes (widow) 3 Sussex Mansions, Westgate on Sea
Cas Form: left Devenport 11/10/1916 HT Scindia. Basra 17/11/1916, 22/11/1916 adm hospital NYD. Disch 1/12/1916. 14/12/1916 - joined 135 Coy. KIA 22/2/1917
death noted in War Diary 135 Coy
Times 27/02/1917 - Deaths
2nd daughter, Mary, of the Globe House, Combpyne, Axminster, engaged to William James Spurrell 21/02/1929;

Other Notes: RAIKES, Second Lieutenant, F M, South Wales Borderers attd. Machine Gun Corps. 22nd February 1917. XVI. F. 12. Amara War Cemetery, Iraq.;

Related National Archives files: WO374/56013;

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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