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Surname: WILLANS

Forename(s): Guy Russell

Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire

Service No: ---

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers

Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion

Division: 4th Division

Age: 19

Date of Death: 1918-03-29

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XXVIII. F. 2.

CWGC Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: AUSTWICK, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Guy Russell Willans was the son of John Russell and Emily Beatrice Willans, née Townsley. Both parents were born at Leeds, Yorkshire.

1901 Wortley, Yorkshire Census: Dison Lane - Guy R. Willans, aged 2 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of John R. and Emily B. Willans.

1911 Wortley, Yorkshire Census: Nan Tan House - Guy Russell Willans, aged 12 years, born Leeds, Yorkshire, son of John Russell and Emily Beatrice Willans.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: 2/Lt Guy Russell Willans, Lancs Fus. Theatre of War first served in: France. Date of entry therein: 4.12.17. Dec'd.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: 2 Lieut G. R. Willans, Lancashire Fusiliers. D. of W. 29.3.18.

Guy is commemorated on the Leeds Grammar School War Memorial.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Lancashire Fusiliers

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division

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Surname: WILLANS

Forename(s): Guy Russell

Born:

Residence:

Enlisted:

Number:

Rank: 2/Lt

Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers

Battalion: 3rd Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 29/03/18

Died How: Died of wounds

Theatre of War:

Notes: (Att to 2 Bn)

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

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Surname: WILLANS

Forename(s): Guy Russell

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number:

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers

Unit: 3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Age: 19

Awards:

Died Date: 29/03/1918

Additional Information: Son of John Russell Willans and Emily Beatrice Willans, of 5, St. Margaret's Terrace, Ilkley, Yorks. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD)

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‘Yorkshire Post’ (5 April 1918)

Deaths

WILLANS – March 29, killed in action, aged 19, Second-Lieut. Guy Russell (Lancashire Fusiliers), dearly loved younger son of John Russell and Emily Beatrice Willans, 24, Springfield Mount, Leeds.

‘Yorkshire Post’ (5 April 1918)

THE ROLL OF HONOUR

SECOND-LIEUT. GUY RUSSELL WILLANS, of the Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action on March 29 was the younger son of Mr. John Russell and Mrs. Willans, of Springfield Mount, Leeds. He was 19 years of age, and joined the Army recently from the Cadet Corps of the Leeds Grammar School. Esmond, the elder brother, is an officer of the R.A.M.C. serving in France. Mr. Willans is a director of Messrs. Hargrave and Nusseys (Limited), cloth manufacturers, Farnley Low Mills.

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

1919

WILLANS Guy Russell of 24 Springfield-mount Leeds a second-lieutenant in the Lancashire Fusiliers died 29 March 1918 in France Administration Wakefield 24 February to John Russell Willans cloth manufacturer. Effects £210 3s.

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