Captain Paul Raymond Meautys was killed in action on this day in 1917

Paul was born in 1891 in London, the youngest son of Thomas and Gertrude Meautys of Burgess Hill, Sussex.

He was educated at Haileybury Independent College and Sandhurst, then commissioned as 2/Lt in the North Staffordshire Regiment in March 1911. He was stationed in Rawalpindi, India at the start of the war but arrived in France on 31 Dec 1914 to serve in the 1st Battalion of the North Staffordshire’s. In February 1915 he was wounded in the shoulder.

He then served as Adjutant of the 7th Battalion the Hertfordshire Regiment as a Temporary Captain from July 1915 to March 1916 and was then appointed as a General Staff Officer in March 1916, serving as Brigade Major, 53rd Infantry Brigade.

Paul was killed on 16 June 1917 – his two brothers were also killed in the war. Lt. Thomas G. Meautys was killed on 22 September 1914. Lt. Denzil K. Meautys died of wounds on 7 May 1917, just weeks before Paul’s death.

Paul Raymond Meautys is buried in the London Cemetery, Neuville-Vitasse.

During his service, he was awarded the Military Cross and was mentioned in despatches 3 times.

Captain Paul Raymond Meautys, 2nd Bn. North Staffordshire Regiment