Rank: Captain
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment, 11th Battalion, attached 7th Battalion
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 21st April 1916.
Age: 31 years old.
Guy was born in Liverpool on the 29th May 1884 and baptised at St Michael's Church, Toxteth Park Liverpool on the 26th June 1884. He was the youngest son of Arthur Benson Rathbone and Emma Catherine Rathbone (née Forget). He had two older brothers, Charles and Cecil and a younger sister Sylvia. In 1891, the family and their five servants lived at 'The Hermitage' Church Road, Toxteth Park. They later moved to 9, Bertram Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Their father was a Cotton Broker.
Guy was educated at Malvern College from September 1898 to 1902. Whilst there, he was a School Prefect and played in the XXII Cricket; XL Football and Shooting VIII. Leaving Malvern College he studied at Oriel College, Oxford in 1905 and achieved his Batchelor of Arts degree. He played golf for Oxford against Cambridge and represented Oriel College at rowing.
On the 22nd October 1910 at St Matthew's Church in Bayswater, London, he married Theodora de Selincourt. They made their home at 107 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London. Their daughter Pamela Joyce Coulson was born on the 25th November 1912.
Initially Guy had worked as a schoolmaster but subsequently became a well-known actor and a member of Sir Frank Benson's Shakespeare Company. In 1911, he played Julius Caesar in Benson's silent movie of the same name. The movie was shot in Portugal. He was also in Macbeth in 1911. His acting career flourished and he played important parts on the London stage with a great deal of success. He appeared prominently in Mr. Du Maurier's production of 'Raffles' and also in a 'Winter's Tale' at the Savoy Theatre as well as the 'Eldest Son' at the Kingsway Theatre.
Guy enlisted in 1914. On the 1st February 1915 he was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Promotion to Lieutenant followed in August 1915 and Temporary Captain in November 1915. Sent to Gallipoli, he took part in the evacuation at Suvla bay. He was Mentioned in Despatches.
Guy was reported as having been killed on April 21st 1916 at the Siege of Kut. His body was never recovered and as such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Basra Memorial.
In June 1916, Malvern College wrote of him:
"The curtain has fallen on an artist who gave promise of reaching a foremost place in his profession, but we think rather of the man who never lost his boyish charm of manner and character, and of the home which is bereft of a strong and lovable personality.'
Guy has a considerable number of memorials commemorating him. They are as follows:
Malvern College WW1 Memorial
Oriel College, Oxford War Memorial
On the family grave in St Peter's Churchyard, Formby.
Formby War Memorial
Formby Golf Club Memorial
On the WW1 Memorial Reredos in Holy Trinity Church, Formby. (his family also erected a brass plaque here to his elder brother Cecil, who died of enteric fever when serving in India in 1905.)
War Memorials at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and The Green Room Club (now lost)
Guy is one of the ten 'Old Bensonians' killed in WW1 who are commemorated in a window at the Royal Shakespeare in Stratford.
He is also one of two WW1 deaths (and two Boer War deaths) commemorated in the 18-light oriel window at the Shakespeare Theatre – in which the men are memorialised by one of the characters they played as members of the Frank Benson Company.
Guy's widow Theodora remarried on the 22nd August 1917 at Hampstead (St Peter), London to Norman Robert McKeown. He was an Army Captain from Sydney, Australia. Theodora died in 1973.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Malvern College, Great War Forum, Rev. D. Long, a volunteer researcher IWM War Memorial Register, Remember the Fallen, Wikipedia, IWM, Newspaper Archives, National Archives)
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Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment, 11th Battalion, attached 7th Battalion
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 21st April 1916.
Age: 31 years old.
Guy was born in Liverpool on the 29th May 1884 and baptised at St Michael's Church, Toxteth Park Liverpool on the 26th June 1884. He was the youngest son of Arthur Benson Rathbone and Emma Catherine Rathbone (née Forget). He had two older brothers, Charles and Cecil and a younger sister Sylvia. In 1891, the family and their five servants lived at 'The Hermitage' Church Road, Toxteth Park. They later moved to 9, Bertram Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Their father was a Cotton Broker.
Guy was educated at Malvern College from September 1898 to 1902. Whilst there, he was a School Prefect and played in the XXII Cricket; XL Football and Shooting VIII. Leaving Malvern College he studied at Oriel College, Oxford in 1905 and achieved his Batchelor of Arts degree. He played golf for Oxford against Cambridge and represented Oriel College at rowing.
On the 22nd October 1910 at St Matthew's Church in Bayswater, London, he married Theodora de Selincourt. They made their home at 107 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London. Their daughter Pamela Joyce Coulson was born on the 25th November 1912.
Initially Guy had worked as a schoolmaster but subsequently became a well-known actor and a member of Sir Frank Benson's Shakespeare Company. In 1911, he played Julius Caesar in Benson's silent movie of the same name. The movie was shot in Portugal. He was also in Macbeth in 1911. His acting career flourished and he played important parts on the London stage with a great deal of success. He appeared prominently in Mr. Du Maurier's production of 'Raffles' and also in a 'Winter's Tale' at the Savoy Theatre as well as the 'Eldest Son' at the Kingsway Theatre.
Guy enlisted in 1914. On the 1st February 1915 he was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Promotion to Lieutenant followed in August 1915 and Temporary Captain in November 1915. Sent to Gallipoli, he took part in the evacuation at Suvla bay. He was Mentioned in Despatches.
Guy was reported as having been killed on April 21st 1916 at the Siege of Kut. His body was never recovered and as such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Basra Memorial.
In June 1916, Malvern College wrote of him:
"The curtain has fallen on an artist who gave promise of reaching a foremost place in his profession, but we think rather of the man who never lost his boyish charm of manner and character, and of the home which is bereft of a strong and lovable personality.'
Guy has a considerable number of memorials commemorating him. They are as follows:
Malvern College WW1 Memorial
Oriel College, Oxford War Memorial
On the family grave in St Peter's Churchyard, Formby.
Formby War Memorial
Formby Golf Club Memorial
On the WW1 Memorial Reredos in Holy Trinity Church, Formby. (his family also erected a brass plaque here to his elder brother Cecil, who died of enteric fever when serving in India in 1905.)
War Memorials at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and The Green Room Club (now lost)
Guy is one of the ten 'Old Bensonians' killed in WW1 who are commemorated in a window at the Royal Shakespeare in Stratford.
He is also one of two WW1 deaths (and two Boer War deaths) commemorated in the 18-light oriel window at the Shakespeare Theatre – in which the men are memorialised by one of the characters they played as members of the Frank Benson Company.
Guy's widow Theodora remarried on the 22nd August 1917 at Hampstead (St Peter), London to Norman Robert McKeown. He was an Army Captain from Sydney, Australia. Theodora died in 1973.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Malvern College, Great War Forum, Rev. D. Long, a volunteer researcher IWM War Memorial Register, Remember the Fallen, Wikipedia, IWM, Newspaper Archives, National Archives)
(Bio: Woose)
Rank: Captain
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment, 11th Battalion, attached 7th Battalion
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 21st April 1916.
Age: 31 years old.
Guy was born in Liverpool on the 29th May 1884 and baptised at St Michael's Church, Toxteth Park Liverpool on the 26th June 1884. He was the youngest son of Arthur Benson Rathbone and Emma Catherine Rathbone (née Forget). He had two older brothers, Charles and Cecil and a younger sister Sylvia. In 1891, the family and their five servants lived at 'The Hermitage' Church Road, Toxteth Park. They later moved to 9, Bertram Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Their father was a Cotton Broker.
Guy was educated at Malvern College from September 1898 to 1902. Whilst there, he was a School Prefect and played in the XXII Cricket; XL Football and Shooting VIII. Leaving Malvern College he studied at Oriel College, Oxford in 1905 and achieved his Batchelor of Arts degree. He played golf for Oxford against Cambridge and represented Oriel College at rowing.
On the 22nd October 1910 at St Matthew's Church in Bayswater, London, he married Theodora de Selincourt. They made their home at 107 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London. Their daughter Pamela Joyce Coulson was born on the 25th November 1912.
Initially Guy had worked as a schoolmaster but subsequently became a well-known actor and a member of Sir Frank Benson's Shakespeare Company. In 1911, he played Julius Caesar in Benson's silent movie of the same name. The movie was shot in Portugal. He was also in Macbeth in 1911. His acting career flourished and he played important parts on the London stage with a great deal of success. He appeared prominently in Mr. Du Maurier's production of 'Raffles' and also in a 'Winter's Tale' at the Savoy Theatre as well as the 'Eldest Son' at the Kingsway Theatre.
Guy enlisted in 1914. On the 1st February 1915 he was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Promotion to Lieutenant followed in August 1915 and Temporary Captain in November 1915. Sent to Gallipoli, he took part in the evacuation at Suvla bay. He was Mentioned in Despatches.
Guy was reported as having been killed on April 21st 1916 at the Siege of Kut. His body was never recovered and as such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Basra Memorial.
In June 1916, Malvern College wrote of him:
"The curtain has fallen on an artist who gave promise of reaching a foremost place in his profession, but we think rather of the man who never lost his boyish charm of manner and character, and of the home which is bereft of a strong and lovable personality.'
Guy has a considerable number of memorials commemorating him. They are as follows:
Malvern College WW1 Memorial
Oriel College, Oxford War Memorial
On the family grave in St Peter's Churchyard, Formby.
Formby War Memorial
Formby Golf Club Memorial
On the WW1 Memorial Reredos in Holy Trinity Church, Formby. (his family also erected a brass plaque here to his elder brother Cecil, who died of enteric fever when serving in India in 1905.)
War Memorials at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and The Green Room Club (now lost)
Guy is one of the ten 'Old Bensonians' killed in WW1 who are commemorated in a window at the Royal Shakespeare in Stratford.
He is also one of two WW1 deaths (and two Boer War deaths) commemorated in the 18-light oriel window at the Shakespeare Theatre – in which the men are memorialised by one of the characters they played as members of the Frank Benson Company.
Guy's widow Theodora remarried on the 22nd August 1917 at Hampstead (St Peter), London to Norman Robert McKeown. He was an Army Captain from Sydney, Australia. Theodora died in 1973.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Malvern College, Great War Forum, Rev. D. Long, a volunteer researcher IWM War Memorial Register, Remember the Fallen, Wikipedia, IWM, Newspaper Archives, National Archives)
(Bio: Woose)
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment, 11th Battalion, attached 7th Battalion
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Died: 21st April 1916.
Age: 31 years old.
Guy was born in Liverpool on the 29th May 1884 and baptised at St Michael's Church, Toxteth Park Liverpool on the 26th June 1884. He was the youngest son of Arthur Benson Rathbone and Emma Catherine Rathbone (née Forget). He had two older brothers, Charles and Cecil and a younger sister Sylvia. In 1891, the family and their five servants lived at 'The Hermitage' Church Road, Toxteth Park. They later moved to 9, Bertram Road, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. Their father was a Cotton Broker.
Guy was educated at Malvern College from September 1898 to 1902. Whilst there, he was a School Prefect and played in the XXII Cricket; XL Football and Shooting VIII. Leaving Malvern College he studied at Oriel College, Oxford in 1905 and achieved his Batchelor of Arts degree. He played golf for Oxford against Cambridge and represented Oriel College at rowing.
On the 22nd October 1910 at St Matthew's Church in Bayswater, London, he married Theodora de Selincourt. They made their home at 107 Haverstock Hill, Hampstead, London. Their daughter Pamela Joyce Coulson was born on the 25th November 1912.
Initially Guy had worked as a schoolmaster but subsequently became a well-known actor and a member of Sir Frank Benson's Shakespeare Company. In 1911, he played Julius Caesar in Benson's silent movie of the same name. The movie was shot in Portugal. He was also in Macbeth in 1911. His acting career flourished and he played important parts on the London stage with a great deal of success. He appeared prominently in Mr. Du Maurier's production of 'Raffles' and also in a 'Winter's Tale' at the Savoy Theatre as well as the 'Eldest Son' at the Kingsway Theatre.
Guy enlisted in 1914. On the 1st February 1915 he was given a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. Promotion to Lieutenant followed in August 1915 and Temporary Captain in November 1915. Sent to Gallipoli, he took part in the evacuation at Suvla bay. He was Mentioned in Despatches.
Guy was reported as having been killed on April 21st 1916 at the Siege of Kut. His body was never recovered and as such he is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on the Basra Memorial.
In June 1916, Malvern College wrote of him:
"The curtain has fallen on an artist who gave promise of reaching a foremost place in his profession, but we think rather of the man who never lost his boyish charm of manner and character, and of the home which is bereft of a strong and lovable personality.'
Guy has a considerable number of memorials commemorating him. They are as follows:
Malvern College WW1 Memorial
Oriel College, Oxford War Memorial
On the family grave in St Peter's Churchyard, Formby.
Formby War Memorial
Formby Golf Club Memorial
On the WW1 Memorial Reredos in Holy Trinity Church, Formby. (his family also erected a brass plaque here to his elder brother Cecil, who died of enteric fever when serving in India in 1905.)
War Memorials at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and The Green Room Club (now lost)
Guy is one of the ten 'Old Bensonians' killed in WW1 who are commemorated in a window at the Royal Shakespeare in Stratford.
He is also one of two WW1 deaths (and two Boer War deaths) commemorated in the 18-light oriel window at the Shakespeare Theatre – in which the men are memorialised by one of the characters they played as members of the Frank Benson Company.
Guy's widow Theodora remarried on the 22nd August 1917 at Hampstead (St Peter), London to Norman Robert McKeown. He was an Army Captain from Sydney, Australia. Theodora died in 1973.
(Sources: CWGC, Ancestry, Find My Past, Malvern College, Great War Forum, Rev. D. Long, a volunteer researcher IWM War Memorial Register, Remember the Fallen, Wikipedia, IWM, Newspaper Archives, National Archives)
(Bio: Woose)
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