Code: 12403
Two wonderful and poigniant images of a young Lancashire Fusiliers officer.
One taken in a garden, wearing a school rowing blazer, and dated 1915, and the other in uniform.
Both annotated with the officers name "Guy Russell Willans". One states he was KIA in 1917.
Infact, Second Lieutenant Guy Russell Willans Lancashire Fusiliers. Died Friday 29 March 1918
CWGC record can be viewed: HERE.
His entry on the Keble College (Oxford University) states he was serving with the "3rd Battalion, attached to the 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died on 29 March 1918 of wounds received in action near Arras."
This can be viewed: HERE.
