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Desperques, H J H



Herbert John Henry Desperques

Private Herbert John Henry Desperques
Royal Army Medical Corps

Listed in La Gazette Nov 1914.

Awarded British War Medal and Victory Medal.
Born Guernsey 15 January 1893, Ruette Beauregard, Guernsey. Married Olive May le Noury Jan 8th 1916 at Holy Trinity Church, Guernsey.

Employed after WW1 as Railway Parcels Porter, Victoria Station London.

Lived at Thornton Heath, Surrey. Died 16 October 1923 as result of railway accident. Family then returned to Guernsey. His older daughter Eileen Mann is now 97 still alive (2014) and resident at Maison L'Aumone. Guernsey.

 

Courtesy of Margarette Browne