Service Details
Name:
 SHAW
Given Name:
 GUY TREVOR
Initials:
 G T
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Northamptonshire Regiment
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1916-07-07
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Age:
 24
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, north of Fricourt, whilst in support during the attack of Contalmaison, during the Battle of the Somme, France.
Additional
Information:
Son of Kate Elizabeth Meldrum, of 38 Stanhope Gardens, Highgate, London, England; Stepson of Paul Medrum (deceased). Born Colony of Natal 1892. Educated Weenen County College, Natal - enrolled February 1908; Bedford School, Bedfordshire, England. Obtained his commission from Sandhurst February 1912. Commemorated on Weenen County College, Natal; St John's Presbyterian Church, Gowrie Cemetery, Nottingham Road & Bedford School, England WWI Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Somme
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Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D.

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