MS 543
Reference code
MS 543
Title
Geoffrey Gunther papers
Level
Sub-fonds
Administrative / Biographical history
Gunther, Geoffrey R.
Geoffrey R. Gunther was one of 3 brothers. He attended Eton (M.D.H.) and served as 2nd Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards during WWI. He was killed at Preux-le-Sar, France, on 4th November 1918 (a week before the Armistice). His youngest brother, Leslie, died in an aeroplane crash in 1922.
Geoffrey R. Gunther was one of 3 brothers. He attended Eton (M.D.H.) and served as 2nd Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards during WWI. He was killed at Preux-le-Sar, France, on 4th November 1918 (a week before the Armistice). His youngest brother, Leslie, died in an aeroplane crash in 1922.
Date
191?-1924
Extent & medium
66 items
Content description
Geoffrey Gunther's schoolwork, presumably from his time at Eton, accompanied by a photograph of his room at Eton, issues of 'The Eton Chronicle' that mention either Geoffrey or Leslie Gunther, sketches and caricatures by Gunther at the front and a letter of condolence regarding Leslie Gunther.
Publication note
P. A. J. Wright, 'Lieutenant Geoffrey Gunther MC, Grenadier Giuards: "Drawing was his favourite pastime"', The Guards Magazine, no. 196 (Autumn 2019), pp. 54-57. Copy housed with archive (presented by the author).
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- Papers of Geoffrey Gunther: Schoolwork by Geoffrey Gunther, MS 543 1, ((c 1917))
- Papers of Geoffrey Gunther: Letter of condolence regarding Leslie Gunther, MS 543 5, (1923)
- Papers of Geoffrey Gunther: Photograph of Geoffrey Gunther's room at Eton, MS 543 2, (1916-1917)
- Papers of Geoffrey Gunther: Issues of 'The Eton Chronicle' relating to Geoffrey and Leslie Gunther, MS 543 3, (1916-1924)
- Papers of Geoffrey Gunther: Sketches and caricatures by Geoffrey Gunther, MS 543 4, (1917-1918)