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
William James Frederick Anderson Raby - Burial Burial Date 23 Jul 1927 - Burial Place Kobe, Japan
1927 Sep 27 His widow arrived back in UK from Japan