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Lt Colonel GS Guyon


m0rris

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Remembering Lt Colonel George Sutherland Guyon killed in action 1st July 1916 leading the 16th West Yorkshire Battalion at Serre.

 

His family are commemorating him today, close to the spot where he died.

 

I had the pleasure of meeting and photographing grandson and great grandson last week.

 
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George Guyon had previously, as a Major, commanded 2nd Royal Fusiliers at Gallipoli. Captain George Pirie, M.O. with 2/R.F. there frequently mentions him in his diary. When he heard of Guyon's death, he summed him up 'a nicer man never lived' ('Frontline Medic' p.123.)

Michael

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