We remember Guy Sidney Raftery

We remember Guy Sidney Raftery

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Timeline

Timeline

1893
birth Portsmouth, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:6656432 Source:6656451 16th January 1893
1911
enlistment Gosport, Hampshire United Kingdom Source:6656432 16th March 1911
1911
service British Army Private 3763 Irish Guards 1st Battalion Source:6656451 16th March 1911 - 9th April 1914
1914
service British Army Private Irish Guards Reserves Source:6656438 9th April 1914 - 5th August 1914
1914
employment Police Constable Lancashire Constabulary Preston, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:6656451 14th April 1914 - July 1914
1914
employment Police Constable Lancashire Constabulary Nelson, Lancashire United Kingdom Source:6656451 July 1914 - 5th August 1914
1914
service British Army Private 3763 Irish Guards 1st Battalion Source:6656438 5th August 1914 - 22nd May 1915
1915
hospitalisation Wounded Hospital/Institution Source:6656438 19th May 1915
1915
dates Age 22 Source:6656430 22nd May 1915
1915
location 1 Moreland Road, Gosport, Hampshire United Kingdom parents address Source:6656430 22nd May 1915
appointments First Class Battalion Signaller Source:6656432
marriage Flora Coombes Source:6656438
1915
death Died of wounds Died of wounds sustained on 19/05/1915 France Source:7010234 Source:6656432 Source:6656430 22nd May 1915
burial Chocques Military Cemetery CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Pas de Calais France Source:7010234

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Guy Sidney
Initials GS
Last Name Raftery
Source 6656451
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
1 Moreland Road, Gosport, Hampshire United Kingdom parents address known 22nd May 1915
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army 3763 Irish Guards 1st Battalion Private
British Army Irish Guards Reserves Private
British Army 3763 Irish Guards 1st Battalion Private
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Harriet Raftery mother
Patrick Raftery father
Spouse
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Flora Coombes wife
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
Fresh Blue Light brown
DateHeightSource
1914-04-14 5'10"
Religion
DateReligionSource
1914-04-14 Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

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Evidence

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Official Records

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Medal Index Card
Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription Cranborne3325
Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

External Evidence

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cranborne3325
Burnley Express Cranborne3325
Burnley Express Cranborne3325
Lancashire Constabulary examination book Cranborne3325

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