RAYMOND JAMES GUILL
Born; 26th January 1883, Hammersmith, London.
Died: 5th September 1914; age 31; KiA with submarine off Firth of Forth.
Residence: 39, Bulwer Road, Ipswich.
Occupation: Private – Ch/14783 for the Royal Marines Light Infantry – Chatham Division.
Enlistment Date: 24th October 1904 – Royal Marine Light Infantry – Chatham Division.
Enlistment Location: Chatham; Date: 29th January 1908 – signed up for 12 years. Height: 5ft 8 1/2ins, fresh complexion, dark drown hair & hazel eyes. Mole on left hip.
Service:
Minerva – Telegraphist – 29th January 1908.
Minerva – Leading Telegraphist – 10th June 1908 – 21st September 1908
Pembroke I – Leading Telegraphist – 22nd September 1908 – 21st October 1908
Blenheim – Leading Telegraphist – 22nd October 1908 – 29th September 1910
Vernon – Leading Telegraphist – 30th September 1910 – 18th February 1911
Blenheim – Leading Telegraphist – 19th February 1911 – 8th March 1911
Pembroke I – Leading Telegraphist – 9th March 1911 – 27th March 1911
St. George – Leading Telegraphist – 28th March 1911 – 26th July 1911
Pembroke I – Leading Telegraphist – 27th July 1911 – 17th August 1911
Amethyst – Leading Telegraphist – 18th August 1911
Amethyst – Petty Officer Telegraphist – 14th May 1912 – 30th September 1913
Pathfinder – Petty Officer Telegraphist – 1st October 1913 – 5th September 1914.
Character – Very Good.
Rank: Petty Officer Telegraphist; Service Number: J/269
Regiment: Royal Navy, ‘H.M.S. ‘Pathfinder.’
Medals Awarded: Victory, British War & 1914 Star.
Memorial Reference:
3.
Chatham,
Kent.
Relatives Notified & Address; Son of James & Charlotte Guill, of 38, Birdhurst Road, East Hill, Wandsworth, London; husband of Edith Mary Guill, of 39, Bulwer Road, Ipswich.
CENSUS
1891 15, Brocklebank Road, Wandsworth, London.
Raymond was 8 years old and living with his parents & siblings.
James Guill, 38, a Printer Compositor, born Dundalk, Louth, Ireland.
Charlotte Ann Guill (nee Doherty), 36, born Bishops Auckland, Durham.
Mary Elizabeth Guill, 6, born Hammersmith, London.
Charlotte Jane Guill, 5, born Kingston, Surrey.
John Hugh Guill, 3, born Kingston.
Joseph Martin Guill, 2 months, born Kingston.
1901 36, Bucharest Road, Wandsworth, London.
Raymond was 18 years old, a Railway Engine Cleaner. He was living with his parents & siblings.
James, 43, a Printer Compositor.
Charlotte, 46.
Mary, 16, a Housemaid – Domestic.
Charlotte, 15, a General Servant – Domestic.
John, 13.
Joseph, 10.
Thomas George Guill, 5, born Wandsworth, London.
Raymond attended the Catholic School, Hampton Wick before admission to – Garratt lane School, Wandsworth in May 1891. His father James registered Raymond and recorded their address as 27, Bucharest Road and his date of birth as 26th January 1883. Raymond was exempt from Religious Instruction.
On the 5th November 1911, Wandsworth, Raymond married Edith Mary Mayes, born March 1883, Walton, Suffolk – daughter of William Mayes (a general labourer) & Emma Mayes (nee Pooley).
They had 1 son:
Raymond Eric Guill, born February 1912, Ipswich.
Raymond’s brother also fell – Thomas George Guill aged 22 years – KiA – Gunner 925206 of the Royal Field Artillery, ‘C’ Battery, 280th Brigade. Grave Reference – Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
‘H.M.S. ‘Pathfinder’
A second Ipswich man killed:
Evening Star – Tuesday, 8th September 1914 – PATHFINDER DISATER – IPSWICH MAN AMONG THE MISSING – Many friends in Ipswich will learn with regret that Mr. Frank Aldred Nunn, second son of Mr. Frank Nunn, Corporation Yard, is one of the missing of the ill-fated Pathfinder, which struck a mine off the Scottish coast.
Frank Nunn, who was 24 years of age, was an active engine room artificer, fourth class. He was educated at the Higher Elementary School, Ipswich, and served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Cocksedge, and Co., afterwards working with Messrs. Reavell for a space of fifteen months. He was next at Portsmouth Dockyard for twelve months, and in January last he joined His Majesty’s Navy.
On the 4th his father received a letter from Frank in which it said, “All’s well” and returned thanks for some plums sent to him, and concluded with the words ” It’s a job to know what to write about. Under existing circumstances, it would be no trouble to fill pages otherwise.” In a letter to his brother the day before he said, ” We are longing for the Germans to come out of Kiel that we may have a real good smack and get my belated holiday.”
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