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| MORDAUNT, Guy Michael |
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Guy Michael MORDAUNT, son of Christopher John MORDAUNT (c. 1879-c. 1954) and Mary Patricia CAUTLEY (c. 1885-c. 1975), was born on 2 March 1917 in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Very little has been found relating to Guy’s R.A.F. service. He was in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, sergeant, ser. no. 535363. He had spent a year in India and at some point he was part of the 1655 Mosquito Training Unit, based at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire. There is a reference to Guy receiving the King Georg..... View full FH text (See notes below) |
| Birth: | 02.03.1917 : St. Albans, Hertfordshire : 1917 Q2 St. Albans Hertfordshire Vol 3A Page 1244 |
| Death: | 23.01.1945 : Bakewell, Derbyshire : 1945 Q1 Bakewell Derbyshire Vol 7B Page 1051 |
| Burial: | 29.01.1945 at North Lopham, Norfolk |
| Memorial: | North Lopham, Norfolk : 535363 SERGEANT / G. M. MORDAUNT / ROYAL AIR FORCE / 23RD JANUARY 1945 / BLESSED / ARE THE PURE IN HEART / FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD. |
| Military: | Very little has been found relating to Guy’s R.A.F. service. He was in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, sergeant, ser. no. 535363. He had spent a year in India and at some point he was part of the 1655 Mosquito Training Unit, based at Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire. There is a reference to Guy receiving the King George VI Coronation Medal in 1937. The entry shows: Mardaunt / Guy Michael / 535363 A.C.S. / R.A.F. Station Mildenhall / U.K.5.B. It appears he was in the R.A.F. prior to the start of WW2. Guy died on 23 January 1945 in Bakewell, Derbyshire - he died in hospital, probably either the Bakewell and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital (built 1920-22) or the Newholme Hospital (formerly the Bakewell Union Workhouse). No record of Guy’s injuries have been found to warrant his being in hospital except that he was on active service when they happened. |
| Newspaper: | Diss Echo, 28th December 1934
Two accidents, fortunately not attended by serious consequences, occurred at Stowmarket on Sunday. During the morning at the junction of Tavern Street and Violet Hill a pedal cycle and a motor lorry were involved in a collision. The cyclist was Miss Bertha Greengrass of 1 Council Houses, Onehouse who was proceeding towards the town from the direction of Great Finborough and the lorry driven by Mr Guy Michael Mordaunt of Thelveton Manor, Thelveton, Diss was proceeding towards the CWS Creamery via Tavern Street. Miss Greengrass had a somewhat remarkable escape from serious injury. Happily, she was thrown clear of the lorry and sustained only a slight abrasion on her left knee and shock. The cycle however was extensively damaged. |
| Newspaper: | Norfolk and Suffolk Journal and Diss Express, 9th February 1945
LOPHAM, NORTH
THE LATE SGT. G. M. MORDAUNT
The funeral took place last week of Sgt. Guy Michael Mordaunt, R.A.F., youngest son of Capt. C. T. and Mrs. Mordaunt, of The Limes, North Lopham, who died in hospital, aged 27.
Sergt. Mordaunt was in the R.A.F. before the war and recently completed a year’s service in India.
The Rector (Rev. J. T. Poole) and the Rector of Quidenham, officiated. Mrs. T. Stevens was at the organ. The many wreaths included one from an R.A.FD. station. |
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