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.

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.

Arrangement

Chronological

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).