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Rflm. Arthur Henry Gurr
British Army 12th Btn. London Regiment
from:Camberwell, London
Arthur Henry Gurr my Grandfather, was born January 1892 in Camberwell, London and attended Boundary Lane School in Southwark. He began his working life as an ‘envelope addresser’. Arthur enlisted in the 12th London Regiment and it seems likely from available documents and photographs that he was in No.10 Platoon, C Company. The Battalion was transferred to Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire and occupied huts at Longbridge Deverill. They were engaged in training and digging trenches for an artillery practice range and earned "an enhanced reputation for good work and soldierly conduct under discomfort". On 5th February 1917 the Battalion left for France and by the 14th they joined Battalions of the 146th Infantry Brigade who were holding the front line in front of Bailleulmont.
Early Autumn 1917 saw the Battalion advancing to the Yser Canal, Ypres. The Battalion moved up to assembly positions on the 25th September preparatory to the attack on the ridge N.E. of St. Julien. This being part of the Third Battle of Ypres. Following a heavy artillery barrage on the morning of the 26th September at 0530hrs ‘B’ Company of the 12th London’s advanced with the 2/9th London’s (Queen Victoria Rifles) The 2/9th found it difficult to maintain the correct direction due to heavy fog, boggy ground and taking heavy fire from a German trench and machine guns in a nearby pillbox. There were many casualties. They pressed on, neutralising both positions. However they stopped 1/4 mile short of their objective. ‘B’ Company of the 12th took its objective but having failed to make contact with the 2/9th Battalion pulled back to secure its flanks. Arthur and his comrades of ‘C’ Company went ‘over the top’ at 0611hrs and were tasked with attacking an enemy pillbox positioned on the ridge. ‘C’ Company was "magnificently led" by Captain Hardy, and after a sharp fight captured the German pillbox, together with "numerous prisoners". The action of Rifleman Ratcliffe was noted as "exceptional" having found himself in charge of the remnants of No 10 Platoon, being one of only four survivors (another being Arthur) collected a few men who had strayed from another Battalion (possibly 2/9ths), including a Company Sergeant Major and a Lewis Gun party and took up a position covering the flank of his Company. Together with the remaining No 10 Platoon men this disparate group held the flank with the aid of a captured German machine gun. Rifleman Ratcliffe was awarded the Military Medal. Communication with Battalion HQ was achieved by 22 year old Lance-Corporal Fred Aldridge within 15 minutes of ‘C’ Company reaching its objective (see the related post on this web site).
A family story has it that Arthur was at some point gassed and had also suffered a hernia carrying a Lewis Gun ‘over the top’. It may have been due to Arthur’s medical problems that in about February 1918 he was transferred to the Labour Corps. Arthur survived the War and returned to the printing trade. In 1926 he married Annie Neaves, whose brother James, an Artillery Gunner, had been killed near Ypres in 1918. Arthur died in Lambeth, London in 1943 at the age of 51.
Cpl. Archibald Walter Gush MM & Bar.
British Army 23rd Division Signal Company Royal Engineers
from:Marine Cottage, Beer, Devon
(d.17th Nov 1918)
Pte. F. G. Gussin
British Army 70th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
(d.7th Jun 1917)
William Henry Gustafson
US Army 59th Infantry Regiment
from:Montana, USA
Pte. Henry Gustard
British Army 20th Btn Durham Light Infantry
served with 20th & 18th DLI SWB
Pte. Charles William Gutberlet
British Army 9th Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Stepney,London
(d.15th Sept 1916)
My Great Uncle Charles William Gutberlet was born in September 1894 in Stepney, Mile End, London, Middlesex. He died on the 15th of September 1916 on The Somme, he has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Rfmn. John Thomas Gutberlet
British Army 25th Btn. London Regiment
from:Salmon Lane, Limehouse East London.
John Thomas Gutberlet, known as Jack, served as Rifleman S/35235, 25th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. He enlisted on 10th December 1915, and was mobilised on 28th July 1917. He was posted to 17th Battalion, London Regiment on 6th October 1917. He went to France on 6th January 1918, and joined the Battalion in the field on 16th February 1918 and was missing from 21st March 1918, but later confirmed as a prisoner-of-war in Limburg Camp.
Pte. George Gutch
Australian Imperial Force 60th Battalion
from:53 Avenue Road, Camberwell, Victoria
Pte. A. W. Guterman
Army 5th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Drv. Edward Gutherless
British Army 38th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
from:Bridlington, East Yorkshire
(d.27th Jul 1916)
Pte. J. E. Guthridge
Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. 10 M.G. Coy
Gnr. Alexander Guthrie
British Army 62nd Brigade, B Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Glasgow
(d.2nd July 1917)
Alexander Guthrie was the son of Mrs. A. Guthrie of Rose Bank, Stewart Drive, Bishopbrigg, Glasgow. He served with B Battery, 62nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action on 2nd of July 1917, he is buried in Bunyans cemetery, Tilloy-les-Mofflaines, France.
Pte. Norman Guthrie
British Army 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:10, Lytham Cottages, Newton Heath, Manchester
(d.14th December 1914)
Pte. Terence Guthrie MM, MID.
British Army 1st Btn. A Coy. South Wales Borderers
from:28 Clayton St. Wallgate, Wigan.
(d.15th Sep 1918)
Terence Guthrie joined up with the South Lancashire Regiment Service. He was seconded to the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers. He was awarded the Military Medal for operations on 18th of April 1918. He was killed in action on the 115th of September 1918, aged 19, at Maissemy, France, and is remembered at Vadencourt British Cemetery.
Proudly remembered by James McTigue (Nephew)
Cpl. Walter Cyril Gutteridge
British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment
from:Petham, Kent
(d.4th Oct 1917)
Walter Gutteridge served with the 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment.
L/Cpl. Edmond James Guy
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Plaistow, London
(d.12th March 1917)
Edmund Guy was killed in action on the 12th of March 1917, aged 26. Buried in Plot VI. D. 11 in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension in France, he was the son of Walter Thomas and Alice Mary Guy, of 14, Fentons Avenue, Plaistow, London. Brave soldier and beloved brother of Milly, Rose, Elsie, Lily and Gertie Still mourned by his family. He was ours.
Pte. Henry James Guy
British Army 2nd Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Barking, Essex
Henry Guy was my grandfather, a real salty character. He made his attestation on 4th October 1906, served with 2nd Essex, qualified in mounted infantry duties at Longmoor on 5th January 1909, went to France on 22nd August 1914, and subsequently was taken prisoner. This information is confirmed from family knowledge, the Essex Regiment museum, and attestation papers.
He had brothers who also served in the Essex Regiment: William Patrick Guy DCM, 4th Essex, who served in France (Expeditionary Force) twice and the Mediterranean, he transferred to the Lincolns. Charles Guy, 1st Essex, served in Quetta (Pakistan) and then landed at Gallipoli 25th April 1915. He was killed in action there on 6th June 1915 and is buried at Hellas Memorial. John Guy served with 69 Battery, Field Artillery during the Boer War. I served with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment (Beds, Herts, Essex) Pompadours from 1978 to 1981.
Pte. P. Guy
British Army 6th Btn., D Coy. Sherwood Foresters
from:Alfreton
(d.8th August 1915)
Private Guy died on 8th August 1915 from wounds he suffered at Sanctuary Wood. He is buried in Le Treport Military Cemetery, France.
Capt. Sidney George Guy
British Army 13th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Heron Rd, Bristol
Excerpt from Western Daily Press 18th Oct. 1915:- "Mr. Sidney George Guy second son of Mr.John B. Guy, 18 Heron Road, Stapleton Road, Bristol, and formerly Captain of the South Field Pioneers (13th Gloucesters) has been appointed Major of 2/4 Yorkshire Regiment."
He went on to the rank of Lt. Col.
Cpl. Thomas William Guy
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Bertie Guymer
British Army 1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
from:East Dereham
(d.25th June 1915)
Bertie Guymer served with the 1st Bn. Norfolk Regiment
Gladys Brabazon Stapleton Gwatkin DCM.
from:England
Gladys Gwatkin was a Sister serving in a General Hospital with the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve
Pte. Charles Henry Gwilliam
British Army 1st Btn. Kings Shropshire Light Infantry
from:Hereford, Herefordshire
(d.2nd Jan 1915)
Charles Gwilliam was killed in action 02/01/1915, aged 21. Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium. He was the son of Samuel & Emily Gwilliam, of Bishopstone, Bridge Sollars. Hereford, Herefordshire.
Benjamin Gwilt
British Army 2nd Btn. Welch Regiment
from:Hampton Loade
Benjamin Gwilt served with the 2nd Battalion, Welch Regiment
Capt. Alan Gwyn-Jones DSO
British Army 1st Btn., C Coy. Cheshire Regiment
Captain Alan Gwyn-Jones was awarded the DSO on the Somme in 1916 for action at the Battle of Guillemont, Falefont Farm.
Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan
British Army Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps
Dame Gwynne-Vaughan made a huge contribution to botany, being a pioneer in the study of fungi genetics. She was named the head of the University of London's Botany Department in 1909 and was brought in to lead the Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1917. She found herself at the head of a force that reached nearly 10,000 women across France, from nurses to aircraft technicians, and in 1918, she also became the head of the Women's Air Force.
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