Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps, 29th Squadron
Secondary Regiment: 1st/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Died: 12th August 1917
Age: 23 years old.
Born at Eton on the 9th December 1893 and baptised on the 17th December, Christopher was the son of the Reverend Frederick Godfrey Guy, a Church of England Priest, and Constance Louisa Guy (née Johnson) of 38, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. They had married in 1888. He had two sisters, Magdalen and Eanswythe who sadly died in 1914. Reverend Guy was the Senior Chaplain (Conduct) of Eton College. By 1901 the family lived in the Vicarage in Manea, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where their father was the Parish vicar. They employed a nurse and four servants.
Christopher was educated at Gore Court, Sittingbourne before attending Eton College. He served as a Sergeant in Eton School Officer Training Corps until October 1912 when he left school. He had been offered a post as a Cadet Officer but he turned it down as he was due to leave school at the end of that term.
Christopher gained an open Exhibition for Classics at Kings College, Cambridge in December 1912, before taking up residence there in October 1913 as a medical student.
On the 5th August 1914 Christopher applied for a commission to the Territorial Force and a month later was commissioned Second Lieutenant. He was posted to the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. A month later he was promoted again to Temporary Lieutenant and then Temporary Captain on the 6th March 1915.
Christopher landed with his Regiment at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on the 15th August 1915. He served there and at Hill 60 until October 1915 when he was admitted to hospital on Lemnos suffering from typhoid, diphtheria and jaundice. On the 20th October 1915 he was evacuated to England aboard H.M.H.S. "Aquitania". Arriving six days later he was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. At the beginning of December 1915 he was sent to convalesce at Bournemouth.
Christopher joined 3/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment on 4th April 1916. He had been promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th April 1915 and Captain in May 1916.
In the Autumn of 1916, he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps and appointed Flying Officer on the 26th May 1917. After training he joined the 29th Squadron as a scout pilot in July 1917.
As Pilot of a Nieuport 23 Scouts plane Christopher was shot down in aerial combat in the Ypres Sector on the 11th August 1917. He was admitted unconscious to a German Field hospital at Wynendaele, suffering from a fracture to the base of the skull, a fractured jaw, and a compound fracture of the left arm above and below the elbow and wounds to the head, right knee and right foot. He died at 6.15pm on the 12th August 1917 as a result of cerebral haemorrhage.
Christopher was originally buried in Plot 12 at Wynendaele Cemetery, but exhumed on the 19th August 1920 and re-buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
He is also commemorated in the following locations:
On the War Memorial at Eton College
On the War Memorial at King's College
On the War Memorial in St Peter's Church, Hinton Road, Bournemouth.
On the Crucifix Memorial at St Swithun's Church, Gervis Road, Bournemouth.
In the Books of Remembrance housed below the bronze shrine in the Hall of Remembrance at Bournemouth's Town Hall.
N.B.
His headstone bears the Royal Air Force crest at the top even though the RAF was not created until the 1st April 1918 and Christopher died in 1917. However it is worth noting that the majority of British RFC pilots have the RAF badge on their grave.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Newspaper Archives, Great War Forum, IWM)
(Bio: Woose)
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps, 29th Squadron
Secondary Regiment: 1st/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Died: 12th August 1917
Age: 23 years old.
Born at Eton on the 9th December 1893 and baptised on the 17th December, Christopher was the son of the Reverend Frederick Godfrey Guy, a Church of England Priest, and Constance Louisa Guy (née Johnson) of 38, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. They had married in 1888. He had two sisters, Magdalen and Eanswythe who sadly died in 1914. Reverend Guy was the Senior Chaplain (Conduct) of Eton College. By 1901 the family lived in the Vicarage in Manea, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where their father was the Parish vicar. They employed a nurse and four servants.
Christopher was educated at Gore Court, Sittingbourne before attending Eton College. He served as a Sergeant in Eton School Officer Training Corps until October 1912 when he left school. He had been offered a post as a Cadet Officer but he turned it down as he was due to leave school at the end of that term.
Christopher gained an open Exhibition for Classics at Kings College, Cambridge in December 1912, before taking up residence there in October 1913 as a medical student.
On the 5th August 1914 Christopher applied for a commission to the Territorial Force and a month later was commissioned Second Lieutenant. He was posted to the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. A month later he was promoted again to Temporary Lieutenant and then Temporary Captain on the 6th March 1915.
Christopher landed with his Regiment at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on the 15th August 1915. He served there and at Hill 60 until October 1915 when he was admitted to hospital on Lemnos suffering from typhoid, diphtheria and jaundice. On the 20th October 1915 he was evacuated to England aboard H.M.H.S. "Aquitania". Arriving six days later he was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. At the beginning of December 1915 he was sent to convalesce at Bournemouth.
Christopher joined 3/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment on 4th April 1916. He had been promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th April 1915 and Captain in May 1916.
In the Autumn of 1916, he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps and appointed Flying Officer on the 26th May 1917. After training he joined the 29th Squadron as a scout pilot in July 1917.
As Pilot of a Nieuport 23 Scouts plane Christopher was shot down in aerial combat in the Ypres Sector on the 11th August 1917. He was admitted unconscious to a German Field hospital at Wynendaele, suffering from a fracture to the base of the skull, a fractured jaw, and a compound fracture of the left arm above and below the elbow and wounds to the head, right knee and right foot. He died at 6.15pm on the 12th August 1917 as a result of cerebral haemorrhage.
Christopher was originally buried in Plot 12 at Wynendaele Cemetery, but exhumed on the 19th August 1920 and re-buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
He is also commemorated in the following locations:
On the War Memorial at Eton College
On the War Memorial at King's College
On the War Memorial in St Peter's Church, Hinton Road, Bournemouth.
On the Crucifix Memorial at St Swithun's Church, Gervis Road, Bournemouth.
In the Books of Remembrance housed below the bronze shrine in the Hall of Remembrance at Bournemouth's Town Hall.
N.B.
His headstone bears the Royal Air Force crest at the top even though the RAF was not created until the 1st April 1918 and Christopher died in 1917. However it is worth noting that the majority of British RFC pilots have the RAF badge on their grave.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Newspaper Archives, Great War Forum, IWM)
(Bio: Woose)
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps, 29th Squadron
Secondary Regiment: 1st/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Died: 12th August 1917
Age: 23 years old.
Born at Eton on the 9th December 1893 and baptised on the 17th December, Christopher was the son of the Reverend Frederick Godfrey Guy, a Church of England Priest, and Constance Louisa Guy (née Johnson) of 38, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. They had married in 1888. He had two sisters, Magdalen and Eanswythe who sadly died in 1914. Reverend Guy was the Senior Chaplain (Conduct) of Eton College. By 1901 the family lived in the Vicarage in Manea, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where their father was the Parish vicar. They employed a nurse and four servants.
Christopher was educated at Gore Court, Sittingbourne before attending Eton College. He served as a Sergeant in Eton School Officer Training Corps until October 1912 when he left school. He had been offered a post as a Cadet Officer but he turned it down as he was due to leave school at the end of that term.
Christopher gained an open Exhibition for Classics at Kings College, Cambridge in December 1912, before taking up residence there in October 1913 as a medical student.
On the 5th August 1914 Christopher applied for a commission to the Territorial Force and a month later was commissioned Second Lieutenant. He was posted to the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. A month later he was promoted again to Temporary Lieutenant and then Temporary Captain on the 6th March 1915.
Christopher landed with his Regiment at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on the 15th August 1915. He served there and at Hill 60 until October 1915 when he was admitted to hospital on Lemnos suffering from typhoid, diphtheria and jaundice. On the 20th October 1915 he was evacuated to England aboard H.M.H.S. "Aquitania". Arriving six days later he was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. At the beginning of December 1915 he was sent to convalesce at Bournemouth.
Christopher joined 3/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment on 4th April 1916. He had been promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th April 1915 and Captain in May 1916.
In the Autumn of 1916, he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps and appointed Flying Officer on the 26th May 1917. After training he joined the 29th Squadron as a scout pilot in July 1917.
As Pilot of a Nieuport 23 Scouts plane Christopher was shot down in aerial combat in the Ypres Sector on the 11th August 1917. He was admitted unconscious to a German Field hospital at Wynendaele, suffering from a fracture to the base of the skull, a fractured jaw, and a compound fracture of the left arm above and below the elbow and wounds to the head, right knee and right foot. He died at 6.15pm on the 12th August 1917 as a result of cerebral haemorrhage.
Christopher was originally buried in Plot 12 at Wynendaele Cemetery, but exhumed on the 19th August 1920 and re-buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
He is also commemorated in the following locations:
On the War Memorial at Eton College
On the War Memorial at King's College
On the War Memorial in St Peter's Church, Hinton Road, Bournemouth.
On the Crucifix Memorial at St Swithun's Church, Gervis Road, Bournemouth.
In the Books of Remembrance housed below the bronze shrine in the Hall of Remembrance at Bournemouth's Town Hall.
N.B.
His headstone bears the Royal Air Force crest at the top even though the RAF was not created until the 1st April 1918 and Christopher died in 1917. However it is worth noting that the majority of British RFC pilots have the RAF badge on their grave.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Newspaper Archives, Great War Forum, IWM)
(Bio: Woose)
Regiment: Royal Flying Corps, 29th Squadron
Secondary Regiment: 1st/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment
Country of Service: United Kingdom
Died: 12th August 1917
Age: 23 years old.
Born at Eton on the 9th December 1893 and baptised on the 17th December, Christopher was the son of the Reverend Frederick Godfrey Guy, a Church of England Priest, and Constance Louisa Guy (née Johnson) of 38, Christchurch Road, Bournemouth. They had married in 1888. He had two sisters, Magdalen and Eanswythe who sadly died in 1914. Reverend Guy was the Senior Chaplain (Conduct) of Eton College. By 1901 the family lived in the Vicarage in Manea, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, where their father was the Parish vicar. They employed a nurse and four servants.
Christopher was educated at Gore Court, Sittingbourne before attending Eton College. He served as a Sergeant in Eton School Officer Training Corps until October 1912 when he left school. He had been offered a post as a Cadet Officer but he turned it down as he was due to leave school at the end of that term.
Christopher gained an open Exhibition for Classics at Kings College, Cambridge in December 1912, before taking up residence there in October 1913 as a medical student.
On the 5th August 1914 Christopher applied for a commission to the Territorial Force and a month later was commissioned Second Lieutenant. He was posted to the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. A month later he was promoted again to Temporary Lieutenant and then Temporary Captain on the 6th March 1915.
Christopher landed with his Regiment at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on the 15th August 1915. He served there and at Hill 60 until October 1915 when he was admitted to hospital on Lemnos suffering from typhoid, diphtheria and jaundice. On the 20th October 1915 he was evacuated to England aboard H.M.H.S. "Aquitania". Arriving six days later he was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. At the beginning of December 1915 he was sent to convalesce at Bournemouth.
Christopher joined 3/4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment on 4th April 1916. He had been promoted to Lieutenant on the 30th April 1915 and Captain in May 1916.
In the Autumn of 1916, he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps and appointed Flying Officer on the 26th May 1917. After training he joined the 29th Squadron as a scout pilot in July 1917.
As Pilot of a Nieuport 23 Scouts plane Christopher was shot down in aerial combat in the Ypres Sector on the 11th August 1917. He was admitted unconscious to a German Field hospital at Wynendaele, suffering from a fracture to the base of the skull, a fractured jaw, and a compound fracture of the left arm above and below the elbow and wounds to the head, right knee and right foot. He died at 6.15pm on the 12th August 1917 as a result of cerebral haemorrhage.
Christopher was originally buried in Plot 12 at Wynendaele Cemetery, but exhumed on the 19th August 1920 and re-buried in Poperinghe New Military Cemetery.
He is also commemorated in the following locations:
On the War Memorial at Eton College
On the War Memorial at King's College
On the War Memorial in St Peter's Church, Hinton Road, Bournemouth.
On the Crucifix Memorial at St Swithun's Church, Gervis Road, Bournemouth.
In the Books of Remembrance housed below the bronze shrine in the Hall of Remembrance at Bournemouth's Town Hall.
N.B.
His headstone bears the Royal Air Force crest at the top even though the RAF was not created until the 1st April 1918 and Christopher died in 1917. However it is worth noting that the majority of British RFC pilots have the RAF badge on their grave.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Newspaper Archives, Great War Forum, IWM)
(Bio: Woose)
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Captain
G. C. Guy
Northamptonshire Regiment
Attd. Royal Flying Corps
12th August 1917
Age 23
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