Petty Officer · P/JX 130782
Wensleydale’s report names Petty Officer Guy alongside Johnson in the work of rescuing exhausted men.
The published report recognises Guy and Johnson for helping survivors while themselves in the sea, attached by lifelines. David Allen’s later history names Guy as Stan Guy. The familiar name is retained without assuming a longer formal name.
Wensleydale’s rescue report, in published transcription Stan Guy in David Allen’s Wensleydale historyThe published Wensleydale report names the rescuer by surname. Full name, precise rank and service number follow David Allen’s later history; no original service file has been checked.
The report establishes the recorded surname and role. The given name and service number come from the later ship history; an original service record has not been matched here.
Wensleydale report, published transcriptionSee the final paragraph of the report from Wensleydale.
See the rescue paragraph naming Johnson and Guy.
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