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Vernon, Denis Sydney Foster, son of Capt. Sydney Rutty Vernon, of High Wycombe, Bucks, by Janet Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick Pearce Foster, of Ealing; b. June 29, 1902; adm. April 26, 1918 (G); left Dec. 1920; Calico Printers' Association, Manchester; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 3, 1940; Flying Officer Oct. 3, 1941; temp. Flight­ Lieut. Jan. 1, 1943; Sqdn. Ldr.; m. June 5, 1930, Margaret Fraser, only daughter of Sir William Milligan, M.D., of Manchester; d. 19 June 1987.

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.

Venables, Arthur John, son of Alfred O. Venables; b. Oct. 25, 1882; adm. Sept. 24, 1896 (G); left July 1900; Pembroke Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1903; Assoc. M.Inst.C.E. April 6, 1909; director of Hack Saws Ltd., Sheffield; m. Feb. 11, 1925, Alaïde Carlina Maria Banti.

Veitch, John Gould, second son of John Gould Veitch, of Merton, Surrey, by Jane Hodge; b. July 19, 1869; adm. Sept. 28, 1883 (G); left July 1887; Trin. Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 6, 1887); B.A. 1890; M.A. 1894; played football (Assoc.) for Cambridge 1888-91 and for England against Wales 1894; m. Dec. 16, 1903, Dorothy Maud widow of Carl Richard G. le Doux and sister of C. H. Gregory (q.v.); d. Oct. 3, 1914.

Vecqueray, Charles Augustus Cokayne, son of E. G. Vecqueray, of Blackheath, Kent; b. April 26, 1888; adm. Sept. 24, 1903 (G); left Easter 1905; served in Great War I; temp. Lieut. A.S.C. Aug. 15, 1917; Capt.; Inspector of M.T. in France and Belgium Aug. 1917 - March 1918, when he was invalided; Inspector of M.T. in Great Britain June 1918 - May 1919; A.M.I.M.E.; chairman of committee, Market Harborough Sqdn., Air Training Corps; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1949; d. 1971.

VAVASSEUR, ROBERT, eldest son of James Vavasseur, Knockholt, Kent, silk manufacturer, and Helen, dau. of Rev. Robert Moffat DD, missionary in South Africa for London Missionary Society; b. 4 Jul 1865; adm. 15 Jun 1876 (G); QS 1880; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1884, matr. 10 Oct 1884; 1st cl. Classics (Mods) 1886, 2nd cl. Lit. Hum. 1888; BA 1888; killed in Mashonaland, South Africa Jun 1896.

VAUGHAN, HENRY, youngest son of Rev. Edward Protheroe Vaughan, Rector of Wraxall, Somerset, and Harriet, only dau. of Rev. John Hensman, Rector of Clifton, Gloucs.; b. 24 Aug 1848; adm. 24 Jan 1861 (G); left Sep 1861; University Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1867; BA 1871; MA 1874; ordained deacon 1870, priest 1871 (both Salisbury); Curate, Mere, Wilts., 1871-2, Datchet, Bucks., 1872-4, Savernake, Wilts., 1872-4; Vicar of Easton Royal, Wilts., 1875-7; Curate, Wraxall, Somerset 1877-91, Rector from 1891; Prebendary of Wells from 1904; m. 18 Aug 1874 Ellen Christine, second dau. of John Crake, The Lawn, Datchet, Bucks.; d. 31 Dec 1920.

Vaughan, Edward Anthony Williams, son of Edward Geoffrey Williams Vaughan, by Clare A. S., daughter of the Rev. James Shuttleworth Holden, Rector of Aston-on-Trent, co. Derby; b. June 22, 1896; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (G); left Dec. 1909.

Vatcher, Sidney, son of the Rev. John Sidney Adolphus Vatcher, Vicar of St. Philip's, Stepney, by Marion, daughter of Edwin Lankester, M.D., F.R.S.; b. Feb. 16, 1899; adm. Jan. 15, 1914 (G); left July 1917; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 1st Garr. Batt. Worcs Regt., attached Labour Corps; demob. Jan. 1919; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Lent 1919; B.A. 1921; M.B. and B.Ch. 1925; M.A. 1926; M.D. (Commend) 1934; London Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1923; medical officer, Ministry of Pensions Hospital, Orpington, 1924-5; Queen's Hospital, Sidcup, 1925; M.D. 1934; a senior medical officer, Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance since 1936; m. July 3, 1923, Florence Ruth, daughter of Albert Edward Schneider, of Cambridge; d. 29 July 1982.

Vanneck, Richard Grant, son of Arthur Percy Vanneck, of Paddington, barrister-at-law, by Annie, daughter of Richard Armstrong, of Paddington; b. Aug. 10, 1893; adm. Sept. 27, 1906 (G); left July 1911; Exeter Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1911; joined the Inns of Court O.T.C.; Capt. 13th Batt. London Regt. June 21, 1917; served in France; M.C. July 18, 1917; A.M.I.E.E. 1924; M.I.E.E. 1937; a telephone engineer in Venezuela; m. Feb. 20, 1915, Winifred, daughter of Harold Herbert Mulroney, of Bombay; d. 1978.