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Name:
William Good Guppy
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Birth:
23 DEC 1854 Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Father:
Thomas Stokes Guppy
Mother:
Charlotte Ann Brougham
Death:
17 NOV 1877 Erzeroum, Armenia aged 22
Remarks:
In 1861, Living with parents on Arwenack St., Falmouth, Cornwall, England
In 1871, Student of Medicine

Inscription at St Peter's Church, Huish Champflower, Somerset:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM GOOD GUPPY, OF FALMOUTH,/ SURGEON, GRANDSON OF WILLIAM AND BETSY GUPPY,/ WHO DIED OF FEVER AT ERZEROUM IN ARMENIA/ NOVEMBER 17TH 1877, AGED 22 YEARS/ LABOURING FEARLESSLY AMID THE SICK AND WOUNDED TURKS/ IN THE RUSSO TURKISH WAR IN HOSPITAL AND UNDER FIRE,/ ON THE DEVI BOYUN HEIGHTS, NOVEMBER 4TH & IN THE ASSAULT/ ON THE AZIZIE FORT, NOVEMBER 9TH/ CEASED NOT FROM HIS WORK OF MERCY, TILL HE LAY/ DOWN TO DIE/ BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL, FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY

Book:
William Good Guppy; His Life and Death at Erzeroum
by
Henry Brougham Guppy

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