In Memory Of

SHAW, GUY TREVOR

Service Details
Age:
 24
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Northamptonshire Regiment
Date of Death:
 1916-07-07
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, north of Fricourt, whilst in support during the attack of Contalmaison, during the Battle of the Somme, France.
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Pier and Face 11 A and 11 D.
Cemetery:
 THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Somme
Country:
 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