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42581 Private Ernest Henry Guest, born Cheltenham,
´Enlisted as a Regular soldier in the Army Service Corps prior to the outbreak of war and went to France with the expeditionary force, serving as No SS-1425. He served as a cook for three years before being drafted into the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in November 1917.'
'He came home on leave in early 1918, returning to France on the 21st February and going into the front line for the expected German Spring Offensive. He was killed defending the Boadicea Redoubt near St. Quentin on the morning of the 21st March, the opening day of the last German offensive of the Great War.'
'He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial.´
('Leaving All That Was Dear', refers).
He is also commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial.
1914-Star and bar trio & Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque issued to Ernest's next of kin
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