Valentine,
Bryan Herbert
From Caterham.
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17.01.1908
Blackheath, Greater London
-
02.02.1983
Otford, Kent
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Cadet
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?
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2nd
Lt.
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19.10.1940
[151611]
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WS/Lt.
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19.04.1942
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T/Capt.
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01.12.1942-(04.1944)
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WS/Capt
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20.06.1945
(reld < 04.1946)
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T/Maj.
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?
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Hon.
Maj.
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<
04.1946
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MC
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23.09.1943
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North
Africa
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?
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-
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19.10.1940
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either
164th, 165th, 166th, 168th, 169th or 170th Officer Cadet Training Unit
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19.10.1940
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commissioned,
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment [emergency commission]
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Played First Class cricket, 1927-1950. Manager of a
school fees insurance firm.
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Valentine,
Robert Leslie
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?
-
1990 ?
Kent ?
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Sgt.
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? [2880390]
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2nd
Lt.
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31.12.1943
[313309]
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WS/Lt.
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01.07.1944
(reld > 04.1946)
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T/Capt.
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30.10.1945-(04.1946)
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served
in the ranks, London Scottish
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31.12.1943
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commissioned,
The Gordon Highlanders [immediate emergency commission]
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(05.1944)
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Wireless
Telegraphy School, Middle East Training Centre
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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).
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02.09.1911
Windsor, Berkshire, Surrey
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[02.1972
still alive]
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2nd Lt.
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27.08.1931 [52724]
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Lt.
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27.08.1934
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Capt.
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27.08.1939
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A/Maj.
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10.07.1940-09.10.1940
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T/Maj.
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10.10.1940-17.11.1944
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WS/Maj.
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18.11.1944 (retd
17.04.1948)
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A/Lt.Col.
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18.08.1944-17.11.1944
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T/Lt.Col.
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18.11.1944-(04.1946)
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Hon. Lt.Col.
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17.04.1948
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DSO
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01.03.1945
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NW
Europe
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Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
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| 27.08.1931 |
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commissioned, Irish Guards
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(06.1933)
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1st
Battalion Irish Guards (Aldershot, for Chelsea Barracks)
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(01.1937)
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1st
Battalion Irish Guards (Egypt)
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(01.1939)
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1st
Battalion Irish Guards (Tower of London)
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09.08.1944
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-
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17.08.1944
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acting Commanding Officer, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards (NW Europe)
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18.08.1944
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-
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07.04.1945
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Commanding Officer, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards
(NW Europe)
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06.06.1945
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-
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28.02.1946
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Commanding Officer, 2nd Armoured Battalion Irish Guards
(NW Europe)
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21.08.1945
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-
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25.08.1945
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acting Commander, 5th Guards Brigade (NW
Europe)
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17.04.1948
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-
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02.09.1961
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Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
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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.
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14.11.1903
Nowshera, India
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04.08.1988
Maidenhead
[Brookwood Military Cemetery]
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2nd Lt.
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31.01.1924
[28140]
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Lt.
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31.01.1926
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Capt.
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01.03.1931
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local Maj.
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27.07.1938
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A/Maj.
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02.09.1939-01.12.1939
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T/Maj.
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02.12.1939-30.01.1941
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Maj.
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31.01.1941
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A/Lt.Col.
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21.02.1941-20.05.1941
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T/Lt.Col.
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21.05.1941-14.05.1943
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Lt.Col.
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15.05.1943
(supernumerary 15.05.1946)
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T/Col.
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?
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Col.
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02.05.1947,
seniority 15.5.1946 (retd
13.12.1951)
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A/Brig.
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15.11.1944-14.05.1945
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T/Brig.
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15.05.1945-(01.1946)
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Hon. Brig.
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13.12.1951
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DSO
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21.12.1944
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NW
Europe
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DSO
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01.03.1945
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NW
Europe
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ON
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18.07.1947
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liberation
Netherlands
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Palestine 1936-39 Medal & Clasp
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31.01.1924
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commissioned, Irish Guards
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13.01.1928
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-
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12.01.1930
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attached to
Sudan Defence Force
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?
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-
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01.03.1931
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1st
Battalion Irish Guards (Windsor)
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01.03.1931
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-
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28.02.1934
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Adjutant,
1st Battalion Irish Guards (Windsor, then Aldershot, for Chelsea Barracks)
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23.03.1934
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-
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22.03.1937
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Instructor
(Class EE), Netheravon Wing, Small Arms School
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20.04.1938
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-
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23.07.1939
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employed as
MG Instructor (Class FF to 31.07.1938), British Military Mission to Egyptian
Army
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07.02.1940
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-
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03.05.1940
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Adjutant,
...
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?
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-
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1944
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Commanding Officer, 3rd Battalion Irish Guards
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15.11.1944
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-
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08.07.1945
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Commander, 129th (South Wessex) Infantry Brigade (NW Europe) [except for 29.1-15.2.1945]
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08.07.1945
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-
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1945?
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Commander, 32nd Infantry Brigade (Guards) (NW
Europe)
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13.12.1951
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-
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14.11.1963
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Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
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Gentleman-at-Arms, 23.06.1953-01.06.1973.
Published: A soldier's
story (1967; memoirs)
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Van
Zeller,
Edward Arundell
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?
-
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2nd Lt.
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02.09.1939
[99367]
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WS/Lt.
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02.03.1941
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Lt.
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11.04.1945
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T/Capt.
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18.11.1941
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Maj.
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?
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Hon. Lt.Col.
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?
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TD
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14.07.1953
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?
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24.08.1939
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mobilized
TA
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02.09.1939
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commissioned
into the Royal Armoured Corps - Territorial Army [2nd Northamptonshire
Yeomanry]
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Vaughan,
Rupert Noel
"Bert"

From Newcastle, Co. Down.
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21.12.1900
-
?
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2nd Lt.
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24.12.1920 [6455]
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Lt.
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24.12.1922
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Capt.
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01.09.1931
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Maj.
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01.08.1938 (retd
29.04.1948)
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A/Lt.Col.
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25.07.1941-22.08.1941,
20.07.1942-19.09.1942
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T/Lt.Col.
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20.09.1942-(01.1946)
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Hon. Lt.Col.
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29.04.1948
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24.12.1920
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commissioned,
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
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08.09.1930
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-
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07.12.1934
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Adjutant,
2nd City of London Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers), Territorial Army
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11.01.1935
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-
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10.01.1938
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Adjutant,
2nd Battalion The Royal Fusiliers (Shorncliffe)
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03.10.1938
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-
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17.02.1941
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specially
employed as General Staff Officer, 2nd grade (GSO2), HQ Coastal Command RAF
(temporary)
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29.04.1948
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-
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14.03.1951
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Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
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Vestey,
Henry Alexander

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?
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1987
West Sussex
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2nd Lt.
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22.02.1941 [174256]
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WS/Lt.
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22.08.1942 (reld
< 04.1946)
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T/Capt.
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?
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Hon. Capt.
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< 04.1946
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22.02.1941
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commissioned,
The Lancashire Fusiliers [emergency commission]
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?
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-
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?
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served
in Burma
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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.
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24.04.1912
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25.06.1944 *
(KIA) [age 32]
[Bolsena War Cemetery, Italy, III.C.12]
* the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has
26.06.1944
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Cadet
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?
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2nd Lt.
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04.70.1940 [138626]
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WS/Lt.
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04.01.1942
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T/Capt.
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26.02.1942-25.06.1944
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Officer
Cadet Training Unit
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04.07.1940
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commissioned,
Scots Guards [emergency commission]
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Vickers,
John Edwards Roy
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14.08.1918
-
05.03.2007
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2nd Lt.
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21.11.1942
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...
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...
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Lt.Col.
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13.10.1961 (retd
01.06.1967)
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21.11.1942
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commissioned,
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
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Vigor,
George St Vigor John

Son of Maj. F.G. Vigor of Higher Hoopern, Exeter.
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07.05.1899
Kingston district, Surrey
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26.10.1979
Windsor, Berkshire
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2nd Lt.
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21.08.1918
[18838]
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Lt.
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21.02.1920
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Capt
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01.10.1928
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Maj.
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26.01.1938
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A/Lt.Col.
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20.10.1940-19.01.1941
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T/Lt.Col.
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20.01.1941-17.05.1942
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Lt.Col.
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18.05.1942
(supernumerary 18.05.1945) (retd 17.11.1950; age limit)
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OBE
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13.06.1946
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HM's
birthday
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Education: Hazelwood School (till spring 1913);
Harrow School (spring 1913 - summer 1917); Royal Military College, Sandhurst
21.08.1918
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commissioned, Welsh Guards
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(03.1931)
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1st
Battalion Welsh Guards (Warley)
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(06.1933)
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Guards
Depot (Caterham)
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(01.1937)
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1st
Battalion Welsh Guards (Wellington Barracks)
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(01.1939)
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1st
Battalion Welsh Guards (Wellington Barracks)
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(05.1940)
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Second-in-Command,
Harpoon Force (Hook of Holland, The Netherlands)]
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20.10.1940
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-
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1941
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Commanding
Officer, 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards
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(.07.1942)
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-
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1944
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Commanding
Officer, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards
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1944
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-
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1946
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Commanding
Officer, Westminster Garrison Battalion
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17.11.1950
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-
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07.05.1954
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Regular
Army Reserve of Officers [age limit]
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28.09.1953
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-
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15.09.1962
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Lieutenant
(Commandant), Army Cadet Force (Berkshire) (Honorary Colonel upon leaving)
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Member of the London District Assembly, 1946. Chairman of Newbury Rural District Council,
1964-1967. Grand Superintendent, Berkshire Grand Lodge of
Freemasons, 1966-1978.
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Vines,
Percy Maurice

Married Dorothy (née ...); two
daughters.
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(09?).1905
Edmonton district
-
1950s ? *
* shot and killed by one of his own soldiers as he would not allow the soldier to see his daughter
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2nd Lt.
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25.03.1943
[268711]
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WS/Lt.
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25.09.1943
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Lt.
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01.02.1947,
seniority 25.09.1943
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Capt.
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25.03.1949
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25.03.1943
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commissioned,
Royal Regiment of Artillery [emergency commission]
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01.02.1947
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short
service commission
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