Officers of the British Army 1939-1945 -- V

British Army Officers
1939-1945

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Valentine, B.H.
to
Vure, E.

B.H. Valentine to E. Vure

Valentine,
Bryan Herbert
B.H. Valentine

From Caterham.

17.01.1908
Blackheath, Greater London
-
02.02.1983
Otford, Kent

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	19.10.1940 [151611]
WS/Lt.	19.04.1942
T/Capt.	01.12.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Capt	20.06.1945 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Maj.	?
Hon. Maj.	< 04.1946

23.09.1943

North Africa

?	-	19.10.1940	either 164th, 165th, 166th, 168th, 169th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
19.10.1940			commissioned, The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [emergency commission]

Played First Class cricket, 1927-1950. Manager of a school fees insurance firm.

Valentine,
Robert Leslie
R.L. Valentine

13.10.1919 ??
-
11.1990 ?
Maidstone, Kent ?

Sgt.	? [2880390]
2nd Lt.	31.12.1943 [313309]
WS/Lt.	01.07.1944 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	30.10.1945-(04.1946)

			served in the ranks, London Scottish
31.12.1943			commissioned, The Gordon Highlanders [immediate emergency commission]
(05.1944)			Wireless Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre

Vandeleur,
Giles Alexander Meysey

Son of Alexander Moore Vandeleur (1883-1914) and Violet Ethel Meysey-Thompson (1886-1960).
Married 1st (1946) Jean Baring Salmond (divorced 1951).
Married 2nd (1955) Pamela Aurora Eyre Wood (divorced 1960).
Married 3rd (1960) Margarita de Narvaez López (died 1970).
Married 4th (1970) Esmée Antoinette Fraser Hutcheson (died 1973).
Cousin of Lt.Col. J.O.E. Vandeleur (their grandfathers were brothers).

02.09.1911
Windsor district, Berkshire / Surrey
-
[02.1972 still alive]

2nd Lt.	27.08.1931 [52724]
Lt.	27.08.1934
Capt.	27.08.1939
A/Maj.	10.07.1940-09.10.1940
T/Maj.	10.10.1940-17.11.1944
WS/Maj.	18.11.1944 (retd 17.04.1948)
A/Lt.Col.	18.08.1944-17.11.1944
T/Lt.Col.	18.11.1944-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	17.04.1948

DSO

01.03.1945

NW Europe

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

27.08.1931			commissioned, Irish Guards
(06.1933)			1st Battalion Irish Guards (Aldershot, for Chelsea Barracks)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion Irish Guards (Egypt)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion Irish Guards (Tower of London)
09.08.1944	-	17.08.1944	acting Commanding Officer, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards (NW Europe)
18.08.1944	-	07.04.1945	Commanding Officer, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards (NW Europe)
06.06.1945	-	28.02.1946	Commanding Officer, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards (NW Europe)
21.08.1945	-	25.08.1945	acting Commander, 5th Guards Brigade (NW Europe)
17.04.1948	-	02.09.1961	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Vandeleur,
John Ormsby Evelyn
"Joe"

The inscription on his gravestone: "J.O.E.V. 1903-1988", followed by "Once an Irish Guardsman". (Photo courtsey of Andrew Bystram)

Son of Crofton Bury Vandeleur (1867-1947), and Evelyn Mary Hamilton O'Leary (died 1960).
Marred 1st (1939) Felicity Bury-Barry (1913-1948).
Married 2nd (1950) Norah Veronica Christie-Miller (born 1905).
Cousin of Lt.Col. G.A.M. Vandeleur (their grandfathers were brothers).
Residence: (1944/45) York.

14.11.1903
Nowshera, India
-
04.08.1988
Maidenhead
[Brookwood Military Cemetery]

2nd Lt.	31.01.1924 [28140]
Lt.	31.01.1926
Capt.	01.03.1931
local Maj.	27.07.1938
A/Maj.	02.09.1939-01.12.1939
T/Maj.	02.12.1939-30.01.1941
Maj.	31.01.1941
A/Lt.Col.	21.02.1941-20.05.1941
T/Lt.Col.	21.05.1941-14.05.1943
Lt.Col.	15.05.1943 (supernumerary 15.05.1946)
T/Col.	?
Col.	02.05.1947, seniority 15.5.1946 (retd 13.12.1951)
A/Brig.	15.11.1944-14.05.1945
T/Brig.	15.05.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Brig.	13.12.1951

DSO	21.12.1944	NW Europe
DSO	01.03.1945	NW Europe
ON	18.07.1947	liberation Netherlands

Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp

31.01.1924			commissioned, Irish Guards
13.01.1928	-	12.01.1930	attached to Sudan Defence Force
?	-	01.03.1931	1st Battalion Irish Guards (Windsor)
01.03.1931	-	28.02.1934	Adjutant, 1st Battalion Irish Guards (Windsor, then Aldershot, for Chelsea Barracks)
23.03.1934	-	22.03.1937	Instructor (Class EE), Netheravon Wing, Small Arms School
20.04.1938	-	23.07.1939	employed as MG Instructor (Class FF to 31.07.1938), British Military Mission to Egyptian Army
07.02.1940	-	03.05.1940	Adjutant, ...
?	-	1944	Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Irish Guards
15.11.1944	-	08.07.1945	Commander, 129th (South Wessex) Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) [except for 29.1-15.2.1945]
08.07.1945	-	1945?	Commander, 32nd Infantry Brigade (Guards) (NW Europe)
13.12.1951	-	14.11.1963	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Gentleman-at-Arms, 23.06.1953-01.06.1973.
Published: A soldier's story (1967; memoirs)

Van der Heijden,
Henricus Petrus Cornelius

Married ((12?).1940, Ipswich district, Suffolk) Audrey Mather; ... children (one son?).

19.09.1913
-
11.07.1980
Kirtling Newmarket, Suffolk

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	23.11.1941 [217534]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld > 01.1946, < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	14.01.1943-(04.1944), 07.04.1945-(01.1946)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

04.06.1941	-	23.11.1941	142nd Officer Cadet Training Unit, Aldershot
23.11.1941			commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
			served in West Africa

Civil engineer (East Suffolk County Council, George Wimpey on road construction, West Suffolk and Cambridge water companies and as a consultant with Pick, Everard & Kay in his short retirement).

Van Hoegaerden,
Jacques [Philippe] Marie Louis Ferdinand
"Jack"

see:

RAFVR officers' section

Van Maurik,
Ernest Henry
"Van"

Son (with one brother) of Justus Van Maurik (1877-1946), and Sybil Ella Ebert (1886-1981), of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Married (03.04.1945, St Saviour's Church, Walton Street, Chelsea district, London SW3) Winifred Emery Ritchie "Win" Hay (01.01.1921 - 16.05.1984), only daughter of Mr & Mrs John Hay, of Welwyn Garden City; one son, one daughter.

24.08.1916
Kensington district, London
-
21.01.2012
Kent

Pte.	?
2nd Lt.	22.10.1939 [105139]
WS/Lt.	?
WS/Capt.	21.11.1942
T/Maj.	21.11.1942-(04.1944)
WS/Maj.	01.11.1945
T/Lt.Col.	01.11.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

OBE	21.02.1946	SOE operations [recommendation available upon request]
EM	25.03.1949	-
LegH	?	?
Crwn	14.05.1948	?

22.10.1939			commissioned, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) [emergency commission]
			served Special Operations Executive (SOE)
18.07.1951	-	24.08.1966	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [attained age limit]

Van Straubenzee,
Philip Turner

02.03.1912
-
10.2005
North Yorkshire

2nd Lt.	01.09.1932 [53744]
Lt.	01.09.1935
A/Capt.	01.09.1939-10.10.1939, 01.04.1940-21.05.1940
T/Capt.	22.05.1940-31.08.1940
Capt.	01.09.1940
A/Maj.	12.01.1942-11.04.1942
T/Maj.	12.04.1942-15.03.1945
WS/Maj.	16.03.1945
Maj.	01.07.1946 (retd 04.09.1953)
A/Lt.Col.	16.12.1944-15.03.1945
T/Lt.Col.	16.03.1945-(04.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	04.09.1953

	DSO	15.11.1945	?
	MID	30.12.1941	?

01.09.1932			commissioned, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
03.06.1943	-	23.09.1943	training course, Staff College, Camberley

Van Zeller,
Edward Arundell

06.12.1908
Sevenoaks district, Kent
-
11.1987
York district, Yorkshire

2nd Lt.	02.09.1939 [99367]
WS/Lt.	02.03.1941
Lt.	11.04.1945
T/Capt.	18.11.1941
Maj.	?
Hon. Lt.Col.	?

14.07.1953

24.08.1939			mobilized TA
02.09.1939			commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army [2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry]

Varcoe,
Thomas Henry

(06?).1922
-
21.02.1946
[Taiping War Cemetery, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia, Plot: Section 1, Row D, Grave 7]

2nd Lt.	01.08.1943 [288210]
WS/Lt.	01.02.1944

Education: Birmingham University (1941 Senior Training Corps, Engineering Section, Clitheroe).

01.08.1943

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Varley,
John Francis
"Bruv"

Son of Gilbert Varley (1873-1933), and Marion Emily Dim Duncan (1876-1953).
Brother of Lt. (E) Gilbert Alec Varley, RN.
Unmarried.

07.09.1903
Mexico
-
23.10.1980
Leiston, Blyth district, Suffolk

Lt.	07.09.1939 [99436]
WS/Capt.	07.09.1940 (reld < 04.1946)
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

Education: Cambridge (BA, 1925); St Bartholomew's Hospital (MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond, 1928); London University (MB, B Chir, 1932); MRCP Lond 1933; .

07.09.1939

commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]

House Physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital. Medical Registrar, Prince of Wales Hospital, Tottenham. Physician, Southends Hospital, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex until retirement in 1974. Fellow, Royal Medical Society.

Varnfield,
Donald Gillian
"Don"

Married ((06?).1947, Sodbury district, Gloucestershire) Doreen Peggy Freeman (? - 10.01.2008).

17.08.1920
Maryhill district, Glasgow, Scotland
-
28.08.2011
Queen Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Portsmouth

Cadet	? [887039]
2nd Lt.	23.09.1944 [330682]
WS/Lt.	23.03.1945 (reld > 04.1946, < 08.1946)
Hon. Lt.	> 04.1946, < 08.1946

31.08.1939			mobilized, 389th (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Battery, 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment Royal Artillery (served in France, evacuated from Dunkirk; signaller's course, then officer's course)
23.09.1944			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
			instructor at artillery school in Accra (Ghana), then rejoined unit in 1944 in Arakan & Burma

Chief Fire Officer of Exeter. Held various positions within the British Fire Services Association, including General Secretary and Editor of the Journal. He was a Life Honorary Member of the BFSA and former Vice President.

Varvill,
Bernard

Second of the four sons of Michael Varvill (1848-1894), and Ada Winder (1855-1903), of York.
Brother of Lt.Col. Michael Noel Varvill, OBE, MC, RE and F/Lt. John Kenneth Varvill, MC, RAFVR.
Married (12.11.1908, Parish Church of St John, Hampstead, London) Maude Kennedy (11.04.1885 - 20.04.1962), daughter of James Kennedy, Indian Civil Service; one son.

22.11.1884
Holgate, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
07.09.1966
Putney, Wandsworth district, London

Prob. Lt.	04.02.1908 [10761]
Lt.	14.08.1908, seniority 04.02.1908
Capt.	04.08.1911
A/Maj.	03.11.1918-22.02.1919
Maj.	04.02.1920 (retd 01.06.1928) (mobilized 24.08.1939) (reld 09.09.1940; ill-health) (re-employed 22.01.1941) (reverted to retd 15.03.1943)
A/Lt.Col.	07.09.1917-27.02.1918

MC	01.01.1918	East African Expeditionary Force, German East Africa
14\|15 St	-	-
BWM 14\|20	-	-
VM	-	-
MID	07.03.1918	?
MID	10.07.1919	?

Education: Highgate School (05.1899-07.1901). MRCS (England), LRCP (London), 31.07.1907 (London Hospital).

04.02.1908	-	01.06.1928	commissioned service, Royal Army Medical Corps
01.06.1928	-	09.09.1940	commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps - Regular Army Reserve of Officers
1939	-	1940	pathology specialist, No. 7 General Hospital (Cherbourg, then Leeds)
22.02.1941	-	1942	Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley
1942	-	1943	Military Hospital, Chepstow

Varvill,
Michael Noel

Eldest of the four sons of Michael Varvill (1848-1894), and Ada Winder (1855-1903), of York.
Brother of Lt.Col. Bernard Varvill, MC, RAMC and F/Lt. John Kenneth Varvill, MC, RAFVR.
Married (16.08.1913, Rosslyn Hill Church, Hampstead, London) Kate "Kitty" Shearman (16.10.1887 - 13.05.1971), daughter of John Shearman, solicitor; three sons.

10.11.1882
York, East Riding of Yorkshire
-
27.01.1968
West Wittering, Chichester district, East Sussex

Lt.	21.03.1940 [122903]
A/Capt.	03.06.1940-(10.1940)
WS/Capt.	23.12.1940
T/Maj.	23.12.1940-08.06.1941
WS/Maj.	09.06.1941 (reld > 07.1945, < 10.1945)
A/Lt.Col.	01.01.1941-08.06.1941
T/Lt.Col.	09.06.1941-(07.1945)
Hon. Lt.Col.	> 07.1945, < 10.1945

OBE	01.01.1946	New Year 1946
MC	01.01.1918	East African Force
MID	27.10.1916	East African Force

Education: Highgate School (01.1897-07.1898); Coopers Hill College (1899-1903).
Civil Engineer; M.I.C.E. 1908, F.I.C.E. 1922. Chief Engineer, Southern Rhodesian Railways, 1925-1935. Bursar, Gordonstoun School, Morayshire, 1936-1939.

WW I			T/Capt., Corps of Royal Engineers
21.03.1940			commissioned, Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
01.01.1941			transferred, Corps of Royal Engineers
01.01.1941	-	(07.)1945	an Assistant Director of Transportation (Railway Construction and Maintenance Branch), Department of the Quarter-Master-General to the Forces, The War Office

Varvill,
Philip Wilfred

Son of Wilfred Walter Varvill, MC (1893-1963),and Ethel Mary Baty (1892-1967).
Married (03.06.1944, St Marylebone district, London) Mary Gilmer Dawson (21.05.1921 - 01.05.2012), daughter of Francis Gilmer Tempest Dawson (1893-1982), and Anne Felicite Rolland (1896-1981), of Broughton, Hampshire; one son, one daughter.

21.01.1918
Newcastle upon Tyne, Nirthumberland
-
12.10.1999
Kings Lynn, Norfolk

Pte.	?
2nd Lt.	24.06.1939 [91249]
WS/Lt.	01.01.1941
T/Capt.	15.02.1942-31.12.1943
WS/Capt.	01.04.1944 (demobilized > 08.1946, < 12.1946)
A/Maj.	01.01.1944-31.03.1944
T/Maj.	01.04.1944-(08.1946)
Hon. Maj.	> 08.1946, < 12.1946
Capt.	01.05.1947, seniority 21.01.1945
A/Maj.	01.05.1947

TD	11.11.1947	-
F&G St	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-

Education: St Peter's College, Radley (1931.3-1935.2; Cadet Sgt., Junior Division, Officer Training Corps).
With Ashwell & Nesbitt, Heating Engineers, Leicester.

			served in the ranks, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
24.06.1939			commissioned, Royal Artillery - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
1939	-	1943	served with Royal Artillery
1943	-	1946	served with Airborne Forces:
01.01.1944	-	(07.1945)	Staff Officer, 2nd grade (SO2), Airborne Forces Development Centre, from 10.11.1944 Army Airborne Transport Development Centre
01.10.1949			Unattached List - Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Vaughan,
John Nash Edwards
J.N.E. Vaughan (Photo courtesy of Mr Iain Miskimmin)

Son of Lt.Col. John Edwards Vaughan (1863-1929), and Alice Elisabeth Ashe (?-1942).
Married 1st (07.08.1930, Falmouth district, Cornwall; divorced 1947) Susan Blois, daughter of Eustace William Blois (1877-1933), and Ursula Frances Rose Tremayne.
Married 2nd (06.1948, Westminster district, London) Joan Evelyn Giles, only daughter of Mr & Mrs Arthur Giles, of Roseneath, Retford, Nottinghamshire.

23.02.1906
Steyninng district, Sussex
-
05.06.1959
Branksome Park, Bournemouth, Poole district, Dorset

2nd Lt.	30.08.1926 [36908]
Lt.	30.08.1929 (reld 15.08.1931)
Lt.	03.06.1939, seniority 19.06.1937
T/Capt.	01.01.1940-(04.1944)
Hon. Capt.	?

Education: Eton; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

30.08.1926	-	15.08.1931	commissioned, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
03.06.1939	-	25.08.1956	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [exceeded age limit]
?	-	05.1940	Officer Commanding, "D" Company 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots Fusiliers (France & Belgium) (captured)
05.1940	-	1945	POW (No. 931) in German captivity (Oflag VII-B, Eichstätt, Bayern)

Rear-Commodore, Royal Cornwall Yacht Club, 1947-1953.

Vaughan,
Rupert Noel
"Bert"

From Newcastle, Co. Down.

21.12.1900
-
?

2nd Lt.	24.12.1920 [6455]
Lt.	24.12.1922
Capt.	01.09.1931
Maj.	01.08.1938 (retd 29.04.1948)
A/Lt.Col.	25.07.1941-22.08.1941, 20.07.1942-19.09.1942
T/Lt.Col.	20.09.1942-(01.1946)
Hon. Lt.Col.	29.04.1948

24.12.1920			commissioned, The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
08.09.1930	-	07.12.1934	Adjutant, 2nd City of London Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers), Territorial Army
11.01.1935	-	10.01.1938	Adjutant, 2nd Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Shorncliffe)
03.10.1938	-	17.02.1941	specially employed as General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Coastal Command RAF (temporary)
29.04.1948	-	14.03.1951	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]

Vedova,
Stanley Percy

?
-
1977
London

2nd Lt.	27.07.1941 [202655]
WS/Lt.	01.10.1942 (reld 22.08.1945)

27.07.1941			commissioned, Pioneer Corps [emergency commission]
15.02.1943			transferred, Royal Army Ordnance Corps (Administrative Branch)
			served in Egypt & Greece

Veitch,
Archibald
A. Veitch

?
-

2nd Lt.	16.08.1939 [95047]
WS/Lt.	16.02.1941 (reld > 04.1946)
T/Capt.	17.07.1941-(04.1946)
Capt.	?

MID	01.08.1946	Malaya 42
MID	12.09.1946	gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of war
TD	21.04.1950	?

			late Cadet, Sedburgh School Contingent, Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
16.08.1939			commissioned, 7th The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers - Territorial Army
24.08.1939			mobilized TA
(1940)			9th Battalion The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (France)
10.07.1948	-	?	Territorial Army Reserve of Officers

Vestey,
Henry Alexander

13.05.1909
St George Hanover Square district, London / Middlesex
-
10.1987
Worthing, West Sussex

2nd Lt.	22.02.1941 [174256]
WS/Lt.	22.08.1942 (reld < 04.1946)
T/Capt.	?
Hon. Capt.	< 04.1946

22.02.1941			commissioned, The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
?	-	?	served in Burma

Vestey,
the Hon. William Howarth

Only son of Samuel Vestey, 2nd Baron Vestey, and Lady Vestey (Frances Sarah Howarth), of Stowell, Gloucestershire.
Married (27.09.1939) the Hon. Mrs. Vestey (Helen Pamela Fullerton Melba Armstrong) (born 14.09.1918), of Coldstream, Victoria, Australia, daughter of George Nesbitt Armstrong and Evelyn Mary Doyle; two sons.

24.04.1912
Lambeth, London
-
25.06.1944 *
(KIA) [age 32]
[Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy, III.C.12]

* Commonwealth War Graves Commission has 26.06.1944

Cadet	?
2nd Lt.	04.70.1940 [138626]
WS/Lt.	04.01.1942
T/Capt.	26.02.1942-25.06.1944

			Officer Cadet Training Unit
04.07.1940			commissioned, Scots Guards [emergency commission]

Viall,
Eric John

Son of Albert J. Viall, and Edith M. Cranmer.
Married (16.09.1946, Springfield, Boreham, Chelmsford district, Essex) Rose Mary I. Grimwood (20.11.1925 - 02.1998).

06.02.1920
Boreham, Chelmsford district, Essex
-
04.01.2013
King's Lynn, Norfolk

Cadet	? [2038754]
2nd Lt.	01.09.1945 [357393]
WS/Lt.	01.09.1945 (reld > 04.1947)
A/Capt.? \| T/Capt.?	?

39\|45 St	-	-
Bur St	-	-
Def M	-	-
WM 39\|45	-	-
EM	06.05.1949	& 1st clasp

01.09.1945

commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]

Vickers,
John Edwards Roy

14.08.1918
-
05.03.2007

2nd Lt.	21.11.1942
...	...
Lt.Col.	13.10.1961 (retd 01.06.1967)

21.11.1942

commissioned, Royal Army Ordnance Corps

Vickery,
Richard Arthur

Son of Arthur Vickery, and Florence K. Jarrett.
Married ...; ... children (one son?).

(03?).1921
Wellington district, Somerset / Devon
-

2nd Lt.	04.12.1942 [253941]
WS/Lt.	04.06.1943 (reld 26.05.1945; disability)
Hon. Lt.	26.05.1945

04.12.1942			commissioned, The Devonshire Regiment [emergency commission]
15.07.1943	-	06.1944	12th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment (Normandy; wounded, evacuated)

Vigor,
George St Vigor John

Son of Maj. F.G. Vigor of Higher Hoopern, Exeter.

07.05.1899
Kingston district, Surrey
-
26.10.1979
Windsor, Berkshire

2nd Lt.	21.08.1918 [18838]
Lt.	21.02.1920
Capt	01.10.1928
Maj.	26.01.1938
A/Lt.Col.	20.10.1940-19.01.1941
T/Lt.Col.	20.01.1941-17.05.1942
Lt.Col.	18.05.1942 (supernumerary 18.05.1945) (retd 17.11.1950; age limit)

OBE

13.06.1946

HM's birthday

Education: Hazelwood School (till spring 1913); Harrow School (spring 1913 - summer 1917); Royal Military College, Sandhurst

21.08.1918			commissioned, Welsh Guards
(03.1931)			1st Battalion Welsh Guards (Warley)
(06.1933)			Guards Depot (Caterham)
(01.1937)			1st Battalion Welsh Guards (Wellington Barracks)
(01.1939)			1st Battalion Welsh Guards (Wellington Barracks)
(05.1940)			Second-in-Command, Harpoon Force (Hook of Holland, The Netherlands)]
20.10.1940	-	1941	Commanding Officer, 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards
(.07.1942)	-	1944	Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
1944	-	1946	Commanding Officer, Westminster Garrison Battalion
17.11.1950	-	07.05.1954	Regular Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
28.09.1953	-	15.09.1962	Lieutenant (Commandant), Army Cadet Force (Berkshire) (Honorary Colonel upon leaving)

Member of the London District Assembly, 1946. Chairman of Newbury Rural District Council, 1964-1967. Grand Superintendent, Berkshire Grand Lodge of Freemasons, 1966-1978.

Vincent,
Arthur Birley Patrick Love

Son (with four sisters) of Col. Arthur Hare Vincent (1840-1916), and Gertrude Mary Baxendale (1863-1922), of Summer Hill House, Castle Connell, Co. Clare.
Married 1st (20.01.1926, St Peter's, Eaton Square, St George Hanover Square district, London) Lily Maud Phillys Rycroft (15.11.1894 - (09?).1976), only child of Maj. Alfred Richard Hugh Rycroft, DSO (1876-), and Violet Kevill-Davies, of Purton, Wiltshire.
Married 2nd ((09?).1943, Kensington district, London) Emma Agnes Matilda A. Swatman (08.12.1889 - (09?).1980).

05.07.1894
Brighton, Steyning district, Sussex
-
02.06.1949
St Marylebone district, London

2nd Lt.	01.10.1914 [9062]
Lt.	18.10.1915
A/Capt.	08.04.1918-07.07.1918, 09.07.1918-26.08.1918, 24.10.1918-04.12.1918
Capt.	05.12.1918
Maj.	04.10.1935 (retd 30.04.1936) (removed from the Army 28.10.1941)

	MC	03.06.1916	?
	MC	26.07.1918	*

* For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in a successful charge against the enemy infantry and machine guns, resulting in the capture of 100 prisoners and the recapture of a valuable tactical position. He also rendered fine service in obtaining valuable information on numerous mounted patrols during operations.

01.10.1914			commissioned, 3rd (Prince of Wales's) Dragoon Guards (later 3rd/6th Dragoon Guards, later 3rd Carabiniers)
01.08.1922	-	01.08.1925	Adjutant, 3rd Dragoon Guards
?	-	13.03.1926	seconded, ...
01.02.1928	-	19.02.1932	seconded as Adjutant, Royal Wiltshire Regiment - Territorial Army
?	-	05.08.1932	seconded, ...
30.04.1936	-	28.10.1941	Regular Army Reserve of Officers

Vines,
Percy Maurice

Married ((06?).1927, Edmonton district, Essex / Hertfordshire / Middlesex) Dorothy E. [Sidwell-]Jones; two daughters.

(09?).1905
Edmonton district
-
03.09.1949 *
[Forest Road Cemetery, Nairobi, Kenya]
* shot and killed by Sgt. George James Bray as he would not allow the soldier to see his daughter

2nd Lt.	25.03.1943 [268711]
WS/Lt.	25.09.1943
Lt.	01.02.1947, seniority 25.09.1943
Capt.	25.03.1949

25.03.1943			commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
01.02.1947			short service commission
?	-	03.09.1949	HQ East Africa Command (Nairobi, Kenya)

Vissian,
Neville Sidney [Theobald]

Married ((12?).1925. Woolwich district, London) ... O'Rourke.

?
-

SSM	?
Lt. (QM)	18.02.1941 [163149]
WS/Capt. (QM)	18.02.1944 (reld 04.01.1947)
Hon. Capt. (QM)	04.01.1947

18.02.1941			commissioned, Royal Army Service Corps [emergency commission]
			seved possibly in Ceylon

Retired to Rhodesia.

Vos,
Philip Stuart

Son of Solomon Vos, and Christina Moleman.
Married 1st ((09?).1960, Hendon district, London) Angela Jones; two sons, one daughter.
Married 2nd ((09?).1974, Hendon district, London) Ann E.T. Sprague; two sons.

12.11.1920
Paddington district, London
-
18.01.1992
Reading and Wokingham district, Berkshire

2nd Lt.	21.01.1940 [117235]
WS/Lt.	21.07.1941 (reld 01.03.1949)
T/Capt.	1946?
Hon. Capt.	?
Lt.	01.03.1949?
Capt.	05.01.1951 (retd 12.11.1964)

	EM	16.09.1949	-
	VRD	17.09.1957	-

			from Inns of Court Regiment (Cadet, Officer Cadet Training Unit, Sandhurst)
21.01.1940			commissioned, 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars - Royal Armoured Corps [emergency commission]
01.03.1949	-	12.11.1964	Royal Marine Forces Volunteer Reserve [attached City of London Centre]

Vure,
Ellis

Son (with one brother and one sister) of Julius Vure (1885?-1967), and Fanny Rachel Bilson (1889-1986).
Married ((12?).1945, Leeds district, West Riding of Yorkshire) Betty Goletka; ... children (one son?).
Residence: (late 1950s) Ramat Gan, Israel.

17.03.1916
Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire
-
10.05.2000
Israel

Lt.	04.07.1942 [238825]
WS/Capt.	04.07.1943 (reld > 04.1946, < 04.1947)

MID

29.11.1945

Italy

Education: University of Leeds (MRCS Eng, LRCP Lond 30.10.1941).

04.07.1942			commissioned, Royal Army Medical Corps [emergency commission]
			served with two commando battalions (City of London Rough Riders & Black Watch), serving in Tunesia, Sicily & Italy

Emigrated to Israel, 06.1948. Medical officer, Israel Defence Force. Head, Department of Pediatrics B, Asaf Harofe Government Hospital, Zerifin, Israel. Specialized in pediatric cardiology and the treatment of polio. Member, British Medical Association.

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