GUY R.
Robert Guy
Private 15332
11th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Robert Guy died on Saturday 1 July 1916, Age 21, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. He died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, and was one of ten local men killed on the same day.
He was born c1895, to parents James and Sarah Jane Guy. James Guy was a Coal Miner, and a native of Madeley, Shropshire, who was living with his family at Queen Street, Cannock in 1901. At the time of his death, the family were living at 28 Carsic Lane, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Robert Guy's friend, Joseph Staley, is also recorded on the war memorial.
Notts Free Press - 18th August 1916
Private Robert Guy
Official news has been received of the death of Private Robert Guy, 15332, 11th Battalion C Company Sherwood Foresters, an almost life long friend of Private Staley, whose death is also recorded this week. Deceased's home was at 28, Carsic-lane, and he formerly worked at the Brierley Hill Colliery. He was 21 years of age, and enlisted on September 3rd 1914, and went to France on August 4th 1915. So far no details beyond the official report of his death have been received.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
GUY Robert. Born Hednesford, Staffs. Enlisted at Mansfield, Notts. (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield) 11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 15332, killed in action, France & Flanders 1st July 1916.
From "Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
R. Guy, 23 Carsic Lane, Sutton. Enlisted 4-9-14. Pte., Notts & Derby Regt. Actions: Somme. Killed in action, 1-7-16.
Research by Heather Faulkes
