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Rank : Private

Unit : 2nd Bn

Biography :

Enlisted in the Leicester Military District into the Leicestershire Regiment, 1898.

Medals: Victory, British and 1914 Star - medal card records 'died of wounds' aged 36 years. 'Wounded at placement station 12th November 1914. 'Shot in the right thigh'.

12.8.1915 letter from Infantry Records Office, York: Madam, Herewith the effects of the late No. 8477 Private T Vesty, 2nd Bn West Riding Regiment . Please acknoweldge receipt of same hereon.
I am Madam, Your obedient Servant: G Ottley, Lt Colonel, i/c Infantry Records.

15.8.1915 Received of Records Office the sum of £11.2.7p the estate of T Vesty deceased, M Everton, 5 Kemps Yard, Hinckley.

CWGC:

VESTY, THOMAS
Rank: Private
Service No: 8477
Date of Death: 25/03/1915
Regiment/Service: Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 2nd Bn.
Grave Reference: F. 13.
Cemetery: RAMPARTS CEMETERY, LILLE GATE

Further Info: Enlisted Militia 3 Oct 1898. Enlisted 2nd Bn Leicestershire Regt 17 Nov 1898. Discharged 25 Dec 1900, Medically unfit for further service. Enlisted 2nd Bn Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt. 7 Mar 1905.

Some information from private source.

Date of Birth : 1879

Place of Birth : St. Margaret's & Leicester & Leicestershire

Date of Death : 25.3.1915

Place of Death : Pas de Calaise, France

Civil Occupation : Shoe Clicker

Period of Service : 1890s & 1910s

Conflicts : WWI

Places Served : France