Lt. William James Frederick Anderson Raby

1892 Jan 28. Born London.

1901 census in Plumstead

1911 census at 27 Elderslie Road, Eltham

1914 Oct 18. Landed in France

1915 Mar 2. Commissioned 2nd Lt

1915 Oct 15. Promoted Lt in ASC

1918 Jan 10. Joined Hitchin Freemasons. Resigned Jan 1919

1919 Jan 28. RASC. The undermentioned temp. Lts. resign their commns., and retain the rank of Lt. : — W. J. F. A. Raby

1920 Nov 1 Joined ADRIC with service no 972 Posted to Depot

1920 Nov 2. Struck off strength as transferred as DI in RIC Transport Division in Gormanstown

1921 Jul/Sep Married in Rathkeale, Ireland to Eileen Marion Lloyd

1922 Feb 15. Transferred back to ADRIC to be discharged on demobilisation.

1926 Aug 26. He left UK for Japan with wife Eileen (aged 23) and child Maureen aged 3. He is a merchant and they are intending to live in Japan

1927 Jul 23. Buried in Kobe, Japan

1927 Sep 27 His widow arrived back in UK from Japan

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