Cimetière de Notre Dame de Charné, Ernée, Mayenne

Worked as an interpreter with the French Military Mission to the British Army. Volunteered for the duration of the war on 09/09/1914 in Le Mans - Incorporated into the 31st R.A.C.; attached to the French Military Mission and acted as
Interpreter to the Somerset Light Infantry (British)

Died in the trenches of the canal of l’Yser, Ypres, Belgium

Killed in Action, aged 19 years

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Sergeant François Xavier Joseph Paul Marie de la Messuzière
31st Regiment d'Artillerie - French Military Mission
04/07/1915

Medaille militaire (posthume)	Croix de guerre

Born 20/11/1895, Le Mans, Sarthe
Son of Ernest Joseph Charles Marie De La Messuzière and Alix Marie Doyel De La Sausserie.
Brother of Jesuit Priest Charles Olivier De La Messuzière

Entered the college at Notre Dame de Bon Secours in Jersey 1906 and was then a student at Les Vauxbelets, Guernsey.