GUY, THOMAS W

Photograph with kind permission from the Uttoxeter Advertiser

 

Source

CWGC

SDGW

Uttoxeter Advertiser

Parents

Mrs. E. Guy

 

 

1a

Where born

Church Broughton, Derby

 

Yes

 

When born

About 1884

 

 

 

Address

King’s Norton, Birmingham

 

Yes

 

Birmingham

 

 

 

Mother: John Street, Uttoxeter

 

 

1a

Mother atthe time of his death: 36 Ashbourne Road, Uttoxeter

 

 

1b

Spouse

Yes

 

 

1a, 1b

Children

One son

 

 

1a, 1b

Employment Before Joining up

Manager at the King's Norton Branch of WH Smith

 

 

1a

Where enlisted

Birmingham

 

Yes

 

Regiment

Royal Garrison Artillery

Yes

Yes

1a

Unit

12th Mountain Battery

Yes

 

 

Rank

Gunner

Yes

Yes

1a, 1b

Service Number

145101

Yes

Yes

 

Date of Death

8 April 1918

 

 

1a

6 April 1918

Yes

Yes

1b

Age at time of death

34

 

 

1a

Where Killed or died

Egypt

 

 

1a, 1b

Palestine

 

 

 

Jericho, Israel

 

 

1c

How he died

Septic poisoning

 

 

1a

Illness

 

Yes

 

Location of Grave or Memorial

Jerusalem Cemetery - Grave O.86

Yes

 

 

Uttoxeter Town War Memorial (Market Place)

 

 

 

St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Uttoxeter

 

 

 

Awards

 

 

 

 

 

His mother was Mrs. E. Guy[1a].

Before the war he was the manager of W H Smith & Son at King's Norton[1a]. He spent 23 years with the firm, including several years at the bookstall at Uttoxeter Station[1a].

His obituary in the Uttoxeter Advertiser[1a] says that he died of septic poisoning in Egypt on 8th April 1918. A number of the other sources give the date as 6th April 1918.

He left a wife and son[1a].

He is buried in Grave O.86 in Jerusalem Cemetery

 

 

This touching memorial notice was posted in the Uttoxeter Advertiser in April 1919 to mark the first anniversary of his death

GUY. – In Loving Memory of Gunner T. W. Guy, who died whilst on active service in Egypt, on April 6, 1918.

In a distant land though his body may rest.

Far from us and the friends he loved best,

Still deep in our hearts his memory we keep,

Sweet is the place where he now lies asleep.

- From his loving Wife and Son; also Mother, 36, Ashbourne-road, Uttoxeter.