Cemetery: Etaples Military Cemetery
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Squadron Quartermaster Corporal
Force: Army
Official Number: 2027
Unit: 1st Life Guards.
Country of Service: British
Details: Killed in enemy aircraft raid on the eve of his departure for home 19th May 1918. Age 43. Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. Son of the late George Thomas Vessey M.R.C.V.S. Lond. of Christchurch and Mrs. Vessey Bournemouth; husband of Emily L. Vessey of 78 Harbord St. Fulham Palace Rd. London. His service with the 1st Life Guards totalled 20 years and 8 months and included the South African War and 2 years and 6 months in France. Instructor of Musketry Sept. 1914 to Feb. 1916. LXVI. C. 10.
Photograph by TWGPP 2009 / Chris Cosgrove