Capt. Guy Maxwell S. SHIPWAY
- Born: 21 Jun 1877, Hampstead, Middlesex, England 2
- Marriage (1): Gladys Blanche Katherine CADOGAN-COWPER in Jan 1909 in Brentford, Middlesex, England 1
- Died: 26 Aug 1914, Etreux, Aisne, France aged 37
- Buried: Etreux, Aisne, France
Cause of his death was kia.
General Notes:
SHIPWAY, GUY MAXWELL Initials: G M
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Gloucestershire Regiment Unit Text: 1st Bn.
Age: 37 Date of Death: 26/08/1914
Additional information: Son of Lt. Col. Robert William Shipway, of Grove House, Chiswick, London; husband of Gladys Blanche Katherine Shipway (nee Cooper). Served in the South African Campaign and in Nigeria (1905-6).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: 50/51.
Cemetery: ETREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY <cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2076402&mode=1>
Captain GUY MAXWELL SHIPWAY - Died of wounds 26th August 1914 - 1st Battalion Born 21st June 1877. Son of Lieut-Colonel Robert Shipway, of Chiswick, London. Commissioned February 1897. Served in the Boer War (severely wounded at Kimberley) and in Nigeria (1905-6). Seriously wounded by a sniper, near Favril, France on the 25th August, died the next morning at Etreux. Aged 37. Left a widow, Gladys, and a daughter. The first Gloster officer killed. Buried at Etreux Communal Cemetery.
Name on the list of Headley by the Wey Parish (Bordon, Hampshire)www.johnowensmith.co.uk/headley/ww1list.htm
From a booklet published by the then rector, W.H. Laverty, in Autumn 1919. Names are in sequence as printed in the booklet. The note below explains why there are 116 men on this list, but only 96 on the War Memorial; Headley Down: Shipway, Guy M., Capt., Gloucesters. Killed in action, 1917.
From: http://www.remembering.org.uk/glosregtofficers/glos_regt_offrs_biographies_S.htm
Guy Shipway was born in Hampstead, London, on 21st June 1877 the son of Lt Col R W Shipway VD, JP, who resided at Grove House, Chiswick, London. He was educated at Clifton College before entering Sandhurst in 1896. He was commissioned in the Gloucestershire Regiment in February 1897. promoted to Lieutenant in 1898 and to Captain in October 1905. He attended and passed the Staff College.
He served in the South African War and was present at the relief of Kimberley were he was wounded and later took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, the Orange River Colony, Cape Colony and the Transvaal. For a time he was attached to the Army Service Corps as a Staff Captain and later received the Queen's Medal with three clasps and the King's Medal with two clasps. In 1905 - 06 he was seconded to the Colonial Office where he served in West Africa (South Nigeria) with the Bende-Onitsha Hinterland Expedition, for which he received the medal and clasp.
During the Great War he arrived in France with the 1st Battalion on 14th August 1914 commanding "B" Company and was involved in the retreat from Mons. On 26th August 1914 the battalion were moving between Le Grand Fayt and Favril covering the retirement of the 1st and 3rd Brigades. On approaching Favril Capt Shipway and "B" Company took up positions astride the Favril-Landrecies Road covering "C" and "D" Companies. As the Germans debouched from Landrecies they opened fire on "B" Company who were withdrawn. Captain Shipway and RQMS Brain were out in front of the Company trying to locate the position of the enemy in order to send back information to the artillery. Capt Shipway was wounded by sniper fire and though he was brought in to unit lines, he died of his wounds just prior to evacuation to a Dressing Station at Etreux. He was the first officer lost by the battalion and he is buried in Etreux Communal Cemetery, Plot 50/51.
He left a widow, Gladys Blanche Katherine Shipway who resided at 62, Eaton Square, London SW1. He also left a daughter, Priscilla Mary, who was born in 1910.
Notification of his death and a short biography were published in The Times on 3rd September 1914.
Guy married Gladys Blanche Katherine CADOGAN-COWPER, daughter of Francis COWPER and Edith Elisa CADOGAN, in Jan 1909 in Brentford, Middlesex, England.1 (Gladys Blanche Katherine CADOGAN-COWPER was christened on 10 Aug 1884 in Wootton, Isle Of Wight, Hampshire, England, died on 29 Nov 1953 in Farnham, Surrey S.W., England and was buried in Tilford, Surrey, England.)
Marriage Notes:
January 1909
http://www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk/news/nostalgia/4050911.A_picturesque_Victorian_wedding/
By 1909, The Chiswick Times was featuring the occasional photograph and line drawing illustrations were becoming common. These two portraits were submitted to accompany a report of The Wedding of the Week, subtitled: A pretty ceremony, when the account was published in the issue of January 15, 1909....
The marriage took place on Saturday afternoon at St Alban's Church, Acton Green of Miss Gladys Blanche Katherine Cowper, daughter of Mrs F Cowper of 7 Fairlawn Court, Fairlawn Park and Captain Guy Maxwell Shipway of the 2nd Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment, son of Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs R W Shipway of Grove House, Chiswick.
A large crowd awaited the arrival of the bride who was led into the church by her eldest brother, Mr F Cadogan Cowper ARA and was followed by four bridesmaids, viz Miss Nesta Cowper younger sister of the bride, Miss Shipway, only sister of the bridegroom, Miss Dorothy Brodie and Miss Ruth Heathcote.
The bridal dress was of finest white oriental brocade, made in Directoire style and trimmed round with handsome pearl embroidery, ending in a heavy pearl tassel.
The transparent chemisette and long ruched sleeves were sprinkled with single pearls.
The bride wore a very handsome Honiton lace veil lent by Mrs Castle, diamond earrings presented by the bridegroom and a beautiful diamond pendant given her by Colonel Shipway, bridegroom's father. She carried a sheaf of Madonna lilies.
The choir preceded her up the church and the band of the Gloucestershire Regiment played charming selections.
The service was read by the vicar, Rev George Woolsey.
A crowded reception was held at the Bedford Park Club and the bride and groom left for Paris at 4.30pm. The bride travelled in a charming Empire dress of mole face cloth covered with a long coat lined with fur and a large mole coloured satin hat trimmed with fringes and long plumes of mole and blue feathers.
The bride presented her bridegroom with a champagne leather, gold mounted card case and gold purse and a set of gold mounted waistcoat buttons.
The bridegroom gave the bride diamond and moonstone earrings, diamond ring, silver fitted travelling dressing case and a large fur carriage rug.
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