Guinness Arthur Onslow Edward, The Viscount Elvedon Major 53827
Personnel Entry
Name Guinness Arthur Onslow Edward, The Viscount Elvedon.
Army number 53827
Rank Major
Decorations Territorial Efficiency Decoration - gazetted 21 April 1950.
Date of birth See links below for family information.
Age Not yet known.
Unit Date of original Commission not yet traced. Served in the Royal Artillery. Posted to 55th Anti-Tank Regiment. KILLED in ACtion 8/2/1945.
Company/Battery 218 Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Battery Commander.
Joined Brigade Not yet known.
Promotions No details have yet been traced in the London Gazette.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action KILLED in ACTION 8/2/1945 in a V2 rocket attack.
Home address See links below for detailed family information.
Source table
For a brief family tree description, please click [[1]] here.
For a further local Memorial page, including a photograph of Major Guinness' CWGC headstone, please see [[2]] here.
