Second Lieutenant Guy Maddison Vaisey

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Vaisey, Guy Maddison

Date of birth: 1889-07-15

Place of birth: Hampstead England

Next of kin: Emily Vaisey, mother. 12 King Edward Avenue, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Marital status: single

Religion: Church of England

Date of death: 1918-04-19

Cause of death: Died of wounds

Buried: Pernes British Cemetery, I. C. 25.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 18100

Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant

Rank detail

Second Lieutenant (British Army). 1916-09-04 to 1918-04-19
Corporal (Army). 1916-03-31 to 1916-09-04
Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-12-28 to 1916-03-31
Lance Corporal, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-03-05 to 1915-12-28
Private, 3rd Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-02-05 to 1915-03-05
Private, 9th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-21 to 1915-02-05

Degree of service: Europe

Survived war: no

Awards

Albert Medal (Bomb-Throwing Training)
Description: On the 6th April, 1917, during bomb-throwing practice at a Divisional Bomb School in France, one of the men under instruction, having extracted the pin from a Mills grenade, allowed the grenade to slip out of his hand. Lieutenant Vaisey, seeing what had happened, dashed round a traverse in the trench from which the practice was conducted, picked up the grenade, and threw it clear of the trench; it exploded almost immediately. The action was performed at great personal risk, as the thrower was in his way and was dazed with fright. Lieutenant Vaisey by his courage and prompt action undoubtedly prevented a fatal accident. Lieutenant Vaisey died of wounds in April last.
Date of award: 1918-08-27
Date of award: 1918-08-24
Source: London Gazette No. 30868, pg. 10004

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 119457

LAC ID: 620899

Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2

Service file: B9888-S007

Uploader's Notes:

Son of Charles Thomas St. Clere Vaisey and Emily Jessie Vaisey (nee Sparke); husband of Elizabeth Jessie Vaisey (nee Cameron) married May 20, 1917

Commissioned September 4, 1916 in the 1st Battalion, Gloucester Regiment of the British Army

Uploader's Research notes: 9th Battalion Nominal Roll [Lance Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 3rd Battalion Corporal Army Canadian Infantry 23rd Reserve Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 9th Battalion A Company Second Lieutenant British Army British Infantry 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment Commission confirmed in London Gazette No. 29739, September 8, 1916, pg. 8816 Albert Medal Bomb-Throwing Training On the 6th April, 1917, during bomb-throwing practice at a Divisional Bomb School in France, one of the men under instruction, having extracted the pin from a Mills grenade, allowed the grenade to slip out of his hand. Lieutenant Vaisey, seeing what had happened, dashed round a traverse in the trench from which the practice was conducted, picked up the grenade, and threw it clear of the trench; it exploded almost immediately. The action was performed at great personal risk, as the thrower was in his way and was dazed with fright. Lieutenant Vaisey by his courage and prompt action undoubtedly prevented a fatal accident. Lieutenant Vaisey died of wounds in April last. ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04

Last modified: 2019-05-04