Thom's Irish Who's Who/Bunbury, Brig.-Gen. Vesey Thos.

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2917891Thom's Irish Who's Who — Bunbury, Brig.-Gen. Vesey Thos.


BUNBURY, Brig.-Gen. Vesey Thos., C.B. (1911); C.M.G. (1915), D.S.O. (1898), 1914 Star; Commander, Order of the Crown of Belgium; Croix de Guerre, Belgium. Educ.; St. Columba's College, Co. Dublin; 2nd Lieut., 35th Foot, 1879; 2nd Lieut.. The Buffs, 1879; Captain, The Buffs, 1887; Captain, The Leicestershire Regt., 1887; Adjt., 2nd Batt., 1891-95: Brevet Major, 1897; Major, 1900; Lieut.-Col., 1906; Colonel, 1910; Brig-Gen., 1916; served in Burma, 1889, in command of a column of mounted infantry; throughout Soudan campaigns, 1896-99; European War, as Provost-Marshal to the B.E.F., Aug., 1914-Dec.. 1915: b. 25 Sept., 1859: 2nd son of late Rt. Rev. Thomas Bunbury, D.D., Lord Bishop of Limerick; m. 1904, Hon. Daisy Carleton, dau. of Baroness Dorchester. United Service Club, London.