VERNON, ---; b.; adm. 7 Feb 1655, boarder (Busby’s Account Book); at school Christmas 1657.
Vernham, Noel Marshall, only son of James Marshall Vernham, of Wimbledon, by Mary, daughter of Frederick Giles, of the Stock Exchange, London; b. Dec. 22, 1896; adm. April 28, 1910 (R); left July 1914; enlisted in P.S. Batt. Middlesex Regt. Sept. 4, 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. March 9, 1915, attached 1st Batt.; went out to the western front March 19, 1916; killed in action at Longueval July 28, 1916.
VERIARD, FRANCIS; b.; adm. (aged 12) Aug 1717; in under school list 1718.
VEREKER, HON. STANDISH WILLIAM PRENDERGAST, third son of Standish Vereker, 4th Viscount Gort (I), and Hon. Caroline Harriet Gage, third dau. of Henry Hall Gage, 4th Viscount Gage (qv); b. 23 Feb 1854; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1870; Worcester Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Oct 1873; joined Light Frontier Horse at outbreak of Zulu War; Lieut., Natal Contingent; killed at battle of Isandula 22 Jan 1879.
Verdon, Philip, son of Henry Walter Verdon, M.D., of Streatham, Surrey; b. Feb. 22, 1886; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (H); left April 1901; Jesus College Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1905; B.A. 1908; St. Thomas's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1912; B.Ch. (Camb.) 1923; won silver medal for rowing (men's coxless pairs) at the 1908 London Olympics; served in Great War I; Capt. R.A.M.C. Dec. 1, 1916; Lieut. Indian Medical Service Aug. 8, 1917; Capt. Dec. 7, 1918; Major Dec. 1, 1927; Lieut.-Col. Dec. 1, 1935; professor in ophthalmology, Madras, S. India 1935-40; served in World War II, consulting ophthalmologist, India, with rank of Colonel, 1943; m. Feb. 28, 1922, Doris Kathleen, youngest daughter of Maj. Gen. W. Hendley, C.S.J., K.H.S., of Cambridge; d. June 18, 1960.
Verdier, Arthur James, son of James William Verdier, of Balham, Surrey, by Alice Laird, daughter of Thomas Moore; b. Feb. 14, 1905; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (R); left March 1923; an accountant; has abandoned the use of the name James; d. 1972.
Ventura, John Miguel Thomas, son of Capt. Albert Ventura, Vice-Consul of the Dominican Republic, and Rosetta, d. of Nathan Nathan of Forest Gate, Essex; b. 14 Sept. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (H); left Dec. 1928; a manufacturer's agent; m. 14 Dec. 1960 Carol, d. of Leonard Augus tine Litten, PLA officer, of Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex; d. 15 Sept. 1997.
VENNER, WILLIAM, brother of John Venner (qv); bapt. St. Mary, Lichfield 17 Jul 1732; adm. (aged 12) Feb 1743/4; left 1745; foundation scholar, Charterhouse Sch. 1746 - Jul 1749, when he was removed for “notorious misbehaviour”.
VENNER, JOHN, son of William Venner, Lichfield, Staffs., and Mary ---; b.; in school list 1738; KS (aged 14) 1741.