NAM.2012-04-9-128

Letter to Maj George (’Georgie’) Gunnis from British Military Mission, Berlin, 24 Jun 1919. Relates to the death of George’s son Ian Gunnis. Addressed to George Gunnis at 11 Carlton House Terrace. From a group of 247 letters, postcards, papers and envelopes sent to and from members of the Lloyd family, including Lt Gen Sir Francis Lloyd and Lady Mary Lloyd, 1865-1928. Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) and Occupation of Germany (1919), World War One, Peace (1918-1921). George Gunnis was Mary Lloyd’s younger brother. Ian Gunnis went missing on the Western Front in July 1917. Some sources state his body was never found, but the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records him as Ian Fitzgerald Stuart Gunnis, a Second Lieutenant in the 2nd Bn Grenadier Guards, killed aged 26 on 4 July 1917 and buried at reference IX.F.36 in Ypres Reservoir Cemetery - that record gives his parents as Maj G S Gunnis and the Hon Mrs Gunnis.

World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)

Germany, Occupation of, 1919 (World War One, Peace 1918-1921)