Name
William Herbert Rainbow
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1917
29
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
40903
Bedfordshire Regiment
Posted to 1st/1st Bn. Hertfordshire Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TYNE COT MEMORIAL
Panel 48 to 50 and 162A.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Church of St Nicholas Memorial, Norton,
Letchworth Town Memorial,
Hertfordshire Regimental Memorial, All Saints Church, Hertford
Pre War
Hairdresser and Tobacconist. Husband of Mrs. E. H. Rainbow, of 89, Clarendon Rd., Southsea, Portsmouth.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War (SDITGW) database records that he was born in Arlesey, Beds. and was living in Letchworth when he enlisted in Hitchin.
Wartime Service
Called up June 1917. Formerly 39372, Northants Regiment, then in the Bedfordshire Regiment before being attached to the Hertfordshire Regiment. Missing in action.
Additional Information
Address 217 Nevilles Road
Acknowledgments
Dan Hill, Ellen Barnes, Jonty Wild
