Five Campaigns, Four Continents

Where He Served

From the cavalry compound at Shendi to the ridgelines of Korea
1906 – 1988

World Service Overview

Every posting, battle, and home station. Gold markers denote awards; red marks combat and loss. Click any point or label for details and links to the biography.

Peacetime posting
Award location
Combat / loss
Chronological route
1937 – 1941

Sudan & East Africa

Four years from the cavalry compound at Shendi through Darfur and El Obeid to the mountains of Eritrea.

1942 – 1943

North Africa & Tunisia

Mark fell at Alamein in July 1942. By May 1943, Guy was commanding 5th RHA for the capture of Tunis.

14 – 15 June 1944

Villers-Bocage

The day after Wittmann. 160 guns coordinated against Panzer-Lehr’s counter-attack.

Map reference 817578 from the Bar to DSO citation. The brigade box at Tracy-Bocage and Point 174.
28 – 29 May 1953

The Hook, Korea

37,818 shells. The Dukes held at five-to-one odds.