Historical records matching Cpl. Cecil George Guinness
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About Cpl. Cecil George Guinness
Cecil George Guinness worked as a warehouseman for Guinness Brothers at No. 1 The Strand in Tauranga. He lost his life during World War I, when he was killed in action on 19 October 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele, a futile and senseless slaughter in a never-ending quagmire of mud, slime, blood, and rotted bodies, dreamed up by incompetent military leaders with reckless disregard for the lives of the men under their command. There are no words to adequately describe the hell that was Passchendaele. Source: Cecil George Guinness (1894-1917) by Debbie McCauley.
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- Cenotaph Record.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record
- McCauley, Debbie. (2014, updated 2022). Cecil George Guinness (1894-1917).
- New Zealand War Graves Record.
Details
- Rank: Private
- Service No: WWI 11463
- Date of Death: 19/10/1917
- Age: 23
- Regiment/Service: Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 3rd Bn.
- Panel Reference: N.Z. Apse, Panel 1.
- Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL
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Cpl. Cecil George Guinness's Timeline
1894 |
June 20, 1894
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Douglas Hotel, George Street, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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1917 |
October 19, 1917
Age 23
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Ypres, Ypres (Ieper), Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
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October 19, 1917
Age 23
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Tyne Cot Memorial, [N.Z. Apse, Panel 1.], Passchendaele, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
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