Guy
Ratcliff
Sparrow
Born in Aston, Warwickshire
Ancestors 
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 80
in Burton-on-Trent
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Jan 2019
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Biography
Guy Ratcliff born 2 July 1877 Aston, Warwickshire. “A further draft of twelve men is to be provided by the Derbyshire Company to reinforce the first contingent as casualties occur.” They included Gut Ratcliff Sparrow of 39 Drby road, Burton-on-Trent. [Derby Mercury, 7 March 1900] Took part in the second Boer War as a private in the 8th Coy, 4th Brigade Imperial Yeomanry [The Men of the Imperial Yeomanry, …. In the Boer War of 1899-1902] Guy and Wilfrid each served through the Boer War, and each received the Queen’s South Africa Medal and three bars. An English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1905 season. At home, brewer’s clerk in 1911, no marriage found. In 1939 Guy was an unmarried ordnance clerk living at at 267 Branstone Road, Burton-on-Trent with brother Wilfred and family. [1939 census] Guy died on 14 January 1958 at 267 Branstone Road, Burton-upon-Trent where he was a commercial traveller, leaving Eric Walter Guy his property worth £208. [will 1958]
Sources
- 1911 census. Will 1958. Grand niece Davinia Emmeson.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Guy by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Guy:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Guy by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Guy:
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