One of his other publications was called The Artilleryman, which is still being put out on the Web by his wife, Kay.

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He laid a wreath at the grave of Army Specialist Michael Stansbery Jnr, an artilleryman who was killed, aged 21, in Afghanistan in 2010 and signed the message Captain Henry Wales.

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Or the rumors promised reward: every paratrooper (or combat infantry, or artilleryman, or medic, or whatever) was going to get a free car from Henry Ford when the war was won.

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Vessey was a distinguished artilleryman and staff officer.

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