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Valentine, B.H.
to
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B.H. Valentine  to  N.S. Vissian
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
Military Cross 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
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
Distinguished Service Order 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
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 21.12.1944
 NW Europe
Distinguished Service Order DSO
 01.03.1945
 NW Europe
Knight Commander of the Order of Oranje-Nassau with Swords (Netherlands) 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 Hoegaerden,
Jacques [Philippe] Marie Louis Ferdinand
"Jack"		 see: RAFVR officers' section  
Van Zeller,
Edward Arundell
E.A. Van Zeller 		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.
 		?
Territorial Decoration TD
 14.07.1953
 ?
24.08.1939

mobilized TA
02.09.1939

commissioned into the Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army [2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry]
Varley,
John Francis
"Bruv"
D.G. Varnfield
 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"
D.G. Varnfield
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, < 04.1947)
23.09.1944     commissioned, Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
      served 98th (Surrey & Sussex Yeomanry) Field Regiment RA
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.
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"
R.N. Vaughan
 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
S.P. Vedova		 ?
-
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.
 		?
Mention in Despatches MID
 01.08.1946
 Malaya 42
Mention in Despatches MID
 12.09.1946
 gallant and distinguished services while prisoner of war
Territorial Decoration 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
H.A. Vestey
 		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
W.H. Vestey
 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
E.J. Viall (Photo courtesy of Mr Alan Yates)
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.? ?
1939-1945 Star 39|45 St - -
Burma Star Bur St - -
Defence Medal Def M - -
War Medal 1939-1945 WM 39|45 - -
Efficiency Medal (Territorial) EM 06.05.1949 & 1st clasp
01.09.1945     commissioned, Corps of Royal Engineers [emergency commission]
Vickers,
John Edwards Roy
J.E.R. Vickers 		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
R.A. Vickery (Photo courtesy of Mr Mike Vickery)
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
G.St.V.J. Vigor
 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)
Officer, Order of the British Empire (Military Division) 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
A.B.P.L. Vincent (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark Alan Walters) A.B.P.L. Vincent (Photo courtesy of Mr Mark Alan Walters)
A.B.P.L. Vincent
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)
Military Cross MC 03.06.1916 ?
Military Cross 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
P.M. Vines (Photo courtesy of Mr Gerry Howe)
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]
N.S. Vissian (Photo courtesy of Mr Brian Vissian)
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.
       
 
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