Biography – Second Lieutenant Raymond Samuel Thicknesse

• Born in Canada in in 1890 and had a younger sister.
• Father died in 1901 and Raymond returned to England to be adopted by Uncle Ralph, a solicitor in Shaftesbury, Dorset.
• Raymond went to Gresham’s School (Holt) and Pembroke College Good rugby player.
• 5ft 9 dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair.
• Worked as an articled clerk to solicitors in London.
• Never married or had children.

Military Service

• Joined Universities and Public Schools Corps when war broke out.
• Ended up with a commission in the Lancashire Fusiliers August 1916.
• For over 12 months fought in a number of main battles but killed on 9^th October 1917 at Poelcapelle.

Grave

• Poelcapelle British Cemetery grave XXIX.E.13 – Just NE of Ypres.
• 7000 men here, 6000 of which unidentified.