Vivian was born on the 15th September 1878, the fifth son of John Hesten and Alice Brooks.The family lived in Bank Street, Walshaw. Vivian was a machine printer at a Bleachworks in 1911. He enlisted in the 9th Lancashire Fusiliers as private 33044. He died on the 26 September 2016, Aged 38. Brother of Miss Annie Hesten, of 46, Bank St., Walshaw, Bury. He is commemorated at THIEPVAL MEMORIAL: Somme, France Cemetery/memorial reference: Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D. and the Walshaw War Memorial
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Born 1878
Died 1916
British Army 33044 Private Lancashire Fusiliers