1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS - North Africa, Missing Personnel file Believed dead STATEMENT RE DEATH OF No. 2720935 Guardsman VAUSE, C. On 30 April 1943 I was lying on top of the ridge on HILL 212 near Guardsman VAUSE. A mortar shell landed right by him, and a piece of shrapnel entered his head, and he was also hit in the knee. His body was in a sitting position. Signed Guardsman W.E. GIBSON, No. 1 Company, 1st Battalion IRISH GUARDS In the Field, 7 May 1943.
Casualty Guardsman VAUSE, CYRIL Service Number 2720935 Died 30/04/1943 Aged 28 1st Bn. Irish Guards Son of Jesse and Florrie Vause, of Brotherton, Yorkshire. INSCRIPTION: RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL IN PERFECT PEACE HE AWAITS US ALL Buried at MASSICAULT WAR CEMETERY Location: Tunisia Cemetery/memorial reference: V. G. 17. See cemetery plan
