Valentine,
Bryan Herbert
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
|
|
MC
|
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
|
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"


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. |
? |
|
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.
|
?
|
|
TD
|
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
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
|
?
-
|
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
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?
|
|
|
|
|
late Cadet, Sedburgh School Contingent,
Junior Division, Officer Training Corps
|
16.08.1939
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|
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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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