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Vedeniapine, Alexis Peter Son of Peter Vedeniapine, officer in the Probeshensky. Naturalisation certificate issued 10.01.1948.	15.02.1916 St Petersburg, Russia - 01.05.1991 Bath district, Somerset	Sgt. 1942? [5441604] 2nd Lt. 09.09.1943 [282332] WS/Lt. 09.03.1944 Lt. 01.11.1946, seniority 09.03.1944 (reld 25.08.1949) Hon. Capt. 25.08.1949 MM 15.06.1943 North Africa 1942-43 BL 20.03.1947 Arnhem 09.1944 * * date of dutch Royal Decree 09.02.1946	Education: Woodford School, Essex; Cirencester Agricultural College. family moved to Vladisvostok, then Shanghai; educated in the UK 1939 joined [as a Private] The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (1942) - (1943) served [as a NCO], 3rd Parachute Battalion (North Africa, Sicily) 09.09.1943 commissioned, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps [immediate emergency commission] (09.1944) Intelligence Officer, 3rd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [captured]) 09.1944 - 04.1945 POW (No. 2174) in German captivity (Stalag IXA, Rotenburg) 01.11.1946 - 25.08.1949 short service commission, Intelligence Corps after the war he continued in intelligence briefly in India, and then 5 years in Hong Kong before returning to England to farm
Vickers, Arthur Andrew Son of Walter Vickers (1886-1955), and Margaret O'Connell (1886-). Married (1951, Quebec, Canada) Alyce Rebecca McKenna (20.01.1915 - ?), daughter of Cornelius McKenna (1870-1947), and Elizabeth McGrath (1879-1947); one daughter, one son.	27.05.1912 Liverpool, Lancashire - 30.10.1965 Dorval, Quebec, Canada	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 14.11.1942 [251602] WS/Lt. 14.11.1942 (reld > 04.1946)	14.11.1942 commissioned, The King's Regiment (Liverpool) [emergency commission] 26.05.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon (A Company), 11th Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [evacuated])
Vlasto, Robert Alexander "Robin" Son of Alexandre George "Bob" Vlasto (1897-1935), and Eileen Lazenby (remarried Turner) (1899-?). Engaged (04.1946; 11.1946 broken off) Lavinia Nowill, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs Charles Magsmor Nowill, of Athens. Married ((06?).1947, Westminster district, Middlesex) Jill Vlasto (née Pollock) (08.07.1924 - 16.05.2004), of The Cottage, Hurst, Berkshire; one son, two daughters. Residence: (1946) Lavender Farm, Ascot, Berkshire.	09.02.1924 Calcutta, India - 10.2003 Bramdean, Winchester district, Hampshire	Cadet ? 2nd Lt. 06.03.1943 [265726] WS/Lt. 06.09.1943 (reld 28.10.1946; disability) Hon. Lt. 28.10.1946	Education: Charterhouse. 06.03.1943 commissioned, The King's Royal Rifle Corps [emergency commission] 30.12.1943 transferred, Parachute Regiment - Army Air Corps (09.1944) - 25.09.1944 Officer Commanding, 1 Platoon (A Company), 2nd Parachute Battalion (Arnhem [POW]) 25.09.1944 - 04..1945 POW (No. 567) in German captivity (Oflag 79, Braunschweig, Niedersachsen) Merchant banker Ralli Bros., 1947. Member Stock Exchange, 1962. Investment adviser G & L Ralli Investment & Trustee Co., 1974. Chairman of Lerryn Investments Limited, 1960s.

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