Individual Details
Valentine (Val) William HUSSEY
(2 Sep 1909 - 14 Jul 1943)
Val, an only child, was named after his mother's twin brother, Valentine Gabriel Rooney, who died in 1906 aged only 28.
Val was educated at Stonyhurst, a Jesuit-run boarding school in Lancashire. He later worked as a stockbroker and was a member of the Royal Artillery unit of the Territorial Army. He lived in London and from the 1939 Register we know he was living at the time (apparently on his own) at 42 Chelsea Park Gardens in Chelsea. Val went on to serve as a captain in the Royal Artillery in World War II and, sadly, in July 1943, he died of wounds received during the Allied invasion of Sicily. He was 32 years old. His grave number in Syracuse War Cemetery in Sicily is VII. C. 11.
Val was educated at Stonyhurst, a Jesuit-run boarding school in Lancashire. He later worked as a stockbroker and was a member of the Royal Artillery unit of the Territorial Army. He lived in London and from the 1939 Register we know he was living at the time (apparently on his own) at 42 Chelsea Park Gardens in Chelsea. Val went on to serve as a captain in the Royal Artillery in World War II and, sadly, in July 1943, he died of wounds received during the Allied invasion of Sicily. He was 32 years old. His grave number in Syracuse War Cemetery in Sicily is VII. C. 11.
Events
| Birth | 2 Sep 1909 | South Kensington, London | |||
| Death | 14 Jul 1943 | Sicily | |||
| Burial | Syracuse War Cemetery, Sicily |
Families
| Father | William (Will) HUSSEY (1866 - 1939) |
| Mother | Catherine (Kitty) Frances Mary ROONEY (1880 - 1960) |