Ernest Raine, Private 201084 (formerly 48573), 81st Coy Labour Corps. Postman and Farmer. Lived in Lathkirk, Middleton-in-Teesdale. From the 1901 Census his father, William Raine, was a Sub Postmaster and his mother, Mary, a Post Office assistant. Record WO 364/5580. Resident , Middleton-in-Teesdale, via Darlington. Attested aged 29 years 11 months. Born 1887. Enlisted 25 January 1917. Attested at Richmond 10 May 1917. Served at Home 10 May 1917 to 10 June 1917; France from 11 June 1917 to 1 July 1917; hospitalised at Bologne 29 June 1917 “Goitre”; invalided to United Kingdom 1 July 1917. Medical Board Report made 23 November 1917. Appeared before the Appeal Board 21 January 1918 requesting an allowance for 2 children. Discharged as no longer physically fit for War Service, at Nottingham, 24 December 1917. Extensive subsequent medical examinations at Darlington 7 October 1918 to 10 August 1922. He had a character award quoted as “Well conducted during short service”.'Return to Civvy Street': continued as the local postman until his eventual retirement c. 1950 achieving 45 years long service.

See David Charlesworth's Roll of Honour on B135.01 which contains a photo.