Guy Ernest Fitzgerald Wethered
Person details
| Forename(s) | Guy Ernest Fitzgerald |
|---|---|
| Surname | Wethered |
| Rank | Major |
| Regiment | Gloucestershire Regiment |
| Age | 24 |
| Death | Died of wounds |
| Place of Death | Far East > Burma |
| Date of Death | 22/11/1944 |
| Year of Entry | 1933 |
| House Letter | B |
| School Notes | Musician - Wharton Prize (x2) |
| Comments | 'Killed at Pinwe while trying to help some wounded men back.' http://glosters.tripod.com/ww2off.html |
| Commonwealth War Graves Commission Link | https://www.cwgc.org/find-record... |
| Unit | 10th Battalion |
| Prefect | School Prefect; Head of Social |
| Military Decorations | |
| Album Number | 23 |
| Battle | |
| Previous Regiment | |
| Burial or Cemetery | Burma > Taukkyan |
| Citations | |
| Archives | Correspondence file in OR files in Radley Archives |
| Post School | Christ Church, Oxford; Oxford Blue; International Half-Miler |
| Prep School | Cordwalles. Camberley |
| Prisoner of War | |
| Radlein Obituary | February 25 1945. Died of wounds in Burma in November, 1944, Guy Ernest Fitzgerald Wethered, Major, Gloucestershire Regt. (Nugee's, B, 1933-38), son of Colonel J. R. Wethered. O.R. Guy Wethered had a most successful school time. He was Head of his Social and a School Prefect, in the XV, in the Hockey XI, and he won many of the events in the sports. He also won the Wharton prize as the best pianist in the school. He went on to Christ Church where he represented Oxford in the Relays and in the University Sports at the half-mile. His best performance was to win the half in record time for Oxford and Cambridge v. Harvard and Yale - a fine performance for a freshman. After his period in the ranks, he was gazetted to the Gloucestershires, his father's regiment, in 1940. Such is the bare record. It is not possible in this short space to do justice to his fine and lovable character. In letters from Burma, we get glimpses of him. The Chaplain writes :-"He was gentle and courageous and devoted to his men. I knew him as a sincere Christian." His Brigadier writes:-"His example, keenness and guts, were an inspiration to the whole regiment, all of whom would follow him anywhere." His Divisional General says that he would have been given a decoration had he lived. He had taken an enemy machine gun by himself - using grenades, then a rifle, and finishing up by striking with his tin hat. Then he went out to bring in a wounded officer and was mortally wounded. It is hard to bear the loss of the bravest and the best, and high on the list of these stands the name of Guy Wethered. |
| Service Number | 134368 |
| Place of Birth |
