Lieutenant, French Army
Born: January 20th 1891
Died: September 1914
Age at Death: 23
Killed in action, Mons, Belgium, September 1914
A donation has been made to the memorial statue in honour of this soldier by an Abraham House leaver 2016.
Private Louis Paul Veyrier-Montagneres (Hampden House 1909-1910)
Louis Paul Veyrier-Montagnères, known to the College as Paul, was born in Bordeaux, France on 20 January 1891. He was the second son and third child of James Veyrier-Montagnères, Mayor of Arcachon, France from 1897 to 1922, and his wife Mathilde (née Mateo-Petit), a nurse. It is unclear why Veyrier-Montagnères spent a year boarding at the College but it was probably to learn English as the last stage of his education.
In 1911, after leaving the College, he was conscripted into the French Army and served in the 18e Régiment d’Infanterie, which formed part of the French 36th Division. On the outbreak of war in 1914 he was still serving in the army because of the three-year law passed in 1913, which extended the term of conscription in France from two to three years in response to the declining birth rate. He was killed in action on the Aisne on 18 September 1914 during the advance that followed the Battle of the Marne.
Unfortunately, it has not been possible to ascertain where Veyrier-Montagnères is buried due to the lack of a central French War Graves register. He is, however, listed and commemorated in the register of war dead published by the French Ministry of Defence
Source: LEST WE FORGET Project, Brighton College 2014-15