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Vernon, Denis Sydney Foster, 1902-1987

  • GB-2014-WSA-17348
  • Person
  • 1902-1987

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, Standish William Prendergast, 1854-1879

  • GB-2014-WSA-17340
  • Person
  • 1854-1879

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, 1882-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-17328
  • Person
  • 1882-?

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, 1869-1914

  • GB-2014-WSA-17325
  • Person
  • 1869-1914

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, 1888-1971

  • GB-2014-WSA-17321
  • Person
  • 1888-1971

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, 1865-1896

  • GB-2014-WSA-17316
  • Person
  • 1865-1896

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, 1848-1920

  • GB-2014-WSA-17305
  • Person
  • 1848-1920

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, 1896-?

  • GB-2014-WSA-17302
  • Person
  • 1896-?

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, 1899-1982

  • GB-2014-WSA-17298
  • Person
  • 1899-1982

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, 1893-1978

  • GB-2014-WSA-17286
  • Person
  • 1893-1978

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.

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