WW2 and History Collection / Persons / United Kingdom / Guy Smith Roberts


Updated:
May 23rd, 2016





United Kingdom



Roberts, Guy Smith





Date of Birth:
April 16th, 1920
Place of Birth:

Date of Death:
February 28th, 1942
Place of Death:

Memorial:
Tower Hill Memorial Panel 29




Tower Hill Memorial, Panel 29 (photo: Tower Hill, We will remember them)



Biography:
Guy Smith Roberts was the son of Richard Hawkins Roberts and Alice Mand Roberts from Ainsdale, Southport in Lancashire. He was killed on February 28th, 1942, while working as an apprentice on board the s.s. City of Manchester when the ship sunk on that same day.




Functions/Promotions:
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Apprentice (Merchant Navy)




Career:


Service Numbers: 124654
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Apprentice s.s. City of Manchester


Decorations:


1939 - 1945 Star Medal
Atlantic Star Medal
Africa Star Medal


Pacific Star Medal


War Medal 1939 - 1945




Text: Wilco Vermeer
Sources:
- 1939 - 1945 Campaign Medal Records
- Roberts, Guy Smith, Commonwealth War Graves Commission (Retrieved July 8th, 2015)
 
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