William Henry Raynor, a Sheffield man was born in 1911 and started his working life as a labourer. Mr Raynor initially enlisted in The Yorks and Lancs TA in November 1930, he enlisted as a regular in The Duke of Wellingtons on 11th February 1931, serving first in India until 1938 Mr Raynor joined the BEF on 24th September 1939, being evacuated on 1st June 1940 from Dunkirk.
