Regt. (Royal Canadians), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Ussher,
Vicar of Westbury, Brackley; _b._ Catton Hall, Burton-on-Trent,
4 Aug. 1879; educ. St. Edward’s School, Oxford (1891–98), and Wadham
College, Oxford (1898–1900); gazetted 2nd Lieut., Leinster Regt., 23
May, 1900, and promoted Lieut. 9 Aug. 1902, and Capt. 1 April, 1910;
was Adjutant, 3 May, 1906, to 2 May, 1909, and officer, Coy. Gentlemen
Cadets, and Instructor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, 21
Sept. 1912, to May, 1915; joined the 2nd Battn. at Barbados in Aug.
1900; served in Jamaica and St. Lucia; in the South African War,
1902; took part in the operations in the Orange River Colony, Feb.
to March, and in the Transvaal, March to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal
with four clasps), and subsequently in India for two years and then
at Devonport and in Ireland. After the outbreak of the European War
he was appointed Staff Officer on the Staff of General Doran; left
for the Dardanelles in May as Staff Capt. to the 88th Brigade in the
famous 29th Division; was acting Brigade-Major, and was killed there
19 June, 1915. An officer wrote: “On the night of 18–19 June, a battn.
of the 42nd Division was attacked and lost two or three trenches.
The Turks got in behind our line, and were firing into the backs
of the Royal Scots, who were holding the right of the 88th Brigade
position. The counter-attack of the 42nd Division hung fire; so about
2 a.m. we decided to make one ourselves. Capt. Ussher was sent to the
support trench of the Worcestershire Regt. who were in rear of the
Royal Scots. The situation was serious and involved. Communication
by telephone with the Royal Scots was interrupted owing to the wire
being cut. It was necessary to have clear reports sent back. The
Worcestershire Regt. had lost all their regular senior officers, and
were, on this night, commanded by a Ceylon Planter. Capt. Ussher was
told to see that co-ordinated action was arranged between the Royal
Scots and Worcestershire Regt. and to send reports on the situation;
but on no account to lead any attempt which was not his work under
the circumstances. He took his orderly with him who subsequently told
me what occurred. The action to be taken was agreed upon. The Royal
Scots charged from their trenches simultaneously with a coy. of the
Worcestershire Regt., re-took from the Turks the trenches they had
seized, followed on and took and held a Turkish trench. There was a
close fight with the bayonet which lasted 15 minutes. A German officer
was killed. When the Worcestershire Regt. were in the act of jumping
out of the trench preparatory to charging, Capt. Ussher was in the
trench with Capt. Allen, D.A.A.Q.M.G. 142nd Division (Hampshire Regt.).
I understand that he moved, still in the trench, to give room, and as
he stood up he was struck in the head by a bullet, and died in a few
minutes without becoming conscious. He was brought back to a spot near
our Brigade Headquarters, and buried by the Chaplain. The grave is
on the open upland from which can be seen the Dardanelles and Asia.
A large cross had been made and marked and placed at the head. Wild
flowers grow there,” and the Chaplain: The bearing is 310 from South
Corner of White House to South Corner of the Cemetery. At St. Edward’s
he was in the XI from 1895 to 1898, when he was capt., and in the XV
from 1894 to 1897, when he was capt. He was one of the most brilliant
of our cricketers. He headed the batting averages in 1897, and won the
average ball twice in both cases with fine scores. Twice he scored for
the school a century, and his record of cricket at St. Edward’s ends
with the perfectly played 120 which he made against it in the Jubilee
Match. He was a member of the S.E.S. Society. He also represented
Wadham both at cricket and football. He _m._ at Jullundur,
India, 26 March, 1906, Ethel, dau. of the Rev. Henry Martin, Vicar of
Stockton-on-Tees, and Canon of Durham, and had three children: John
Beverly, _b._ 6 Nov. 1913; Stephen Beverly, _b._ 17 Sept.
1915; and Kathleen Mary, _b._ 28 Feb. 1910. His brother, Capt. S.
Ussher, was killed in France (see following notice).
[Illustration: =Beverly Ussher.=]
=USSHER, STEPHEN=, Capt., 129th Duke of Connaught’s Own Baluchis,
3rd _s._ of the Rev. Richard Ussher, Vicar of Westbury, Brackley;
_b._ 52, Eaton Place, S.W., 4 Oct. 1882; educ. St. Edward’s
School, Oxford, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst (20 Sept.
1901 to 30 July, 1903); gazetted 2nd Lieut., unattd., Indian Army, 27
Aug. 1902; served with the 1st Battn. King’s Shropshire L.I. (with
which he went to India), 27 Aug. 1902 to 25 Feb. 1903; The Buffs, 26
Feb. 1903 to 13 Oct. 1903, and the 2nd East Lancashires, 14 Oct. 1903
to 4 July, 1904; was posted to the 129th Baluchis, 5 July, 1904, and
promoted Lieut. 5 Dec. following, and Capt. 27 Aug. 1911; was Double
Coy. Officer, 7 July, 1904; Off. Adjutant, 11 Nov. 1908, to 27 June,
1909, and Adjutant, 28 June, 1909, to 15 Aug. 1913; was present at the
Delhi Coronation Durbar (medal, 24 June, 1911); went to France with
the Indian Expeditionary Force, Sept. 1914, and was killed in action
at Givenchy, 16 Dec. 1914; _unm._ The 129th Baluchis were ordered
to make an attack on the German trenches at Givenchy near La Bassée
on the early morning of the 16th. Capt. Ussher was in charge of the
Machine-Gun Section of the Regt. The attack at first succeeded, but
later the Germans brought up two machine-guns quite close, and by this
means prevented any reinforcements coming forward to assist the first
attacking party which had gained the Germans’ first line of trenches.
Capt. Ussher, seeing what damage the German machine-guns were doing,
tried to direct the fire from his guns on to theirs, and while looking
over the parapet so that he could direct the fire effectively was hit
by a bullet in the centre of his forehead. He died at once without
recovering consciousness, and was buried the next day at Beuvry, near
Bethune. His last words before he was killed were “Keep down, keep
down,” to a brother officer who was with him. The 129th Baluchis were
the first Indian Regt. to go into action, and one of the men received
one of the two first V.C.’s ever granted to the native troops.
[Illustration: =Stephen Ussher.=]
=VACHELL, RICHARD TANFIELD=, Capt., 1st Battn. Northumberland
Fusiliers and Royal Flying Corps, only _s._ of Horace Annesley
Vachell, of Beechwood, Bartley, Southampton, Author and Dramatist, by
his wife, Lydia, dau. of Chauncy Hatch Phillips, of San Luis Obispo,
California; _b._ San Luis aforesaid, 29 June, 1890; educ. Harrow
and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 1st
Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 13 June, 1910; promoted Lieut. 27 Nov.
1913, and Capt. in July, 1915; joined the 1st Battn. at Gharial in the
Murree Hills in 1910, and served with it continuously, except for a
short period in 1912, when he acted as A.D.C. to Lord Sydenham, the
then Governor of Bombay, until the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, when
he proceeded with it to France. He took part in the retreat from Mons,
but was wounded in Oct. and invalided home. Shortly after returning to
the Front he joined the Flying Corps as an observer, again returning
to England in April to train for his pilot’s certificate, which he
obtained in June, 1915. He returned to France at the end of July, and
died at Choques, 1 Aug. 1915, of wounds received on 31 July, being
buried in the military cemetery there; _unm._ Capt. Vachell was
a good all-round sportsman. While at Harrow he was a member of the
football eleven and fifteen; was an ardent Skihari, and represented
the regt. at polo in the Jubbulpore Tournament in 1912. He contributed
several articles to the St. George’s Gazette under the _nom de
plume_ of “The Sprouter,” notably “With the American Section at
the Delhi Durbar,” which exhibited his strong sense of humour. He was
mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 14 Jan.
[London Gazette, 17 Feb.] 1915.
[Illustration: =Richard Tanfield Vachell.=]
=VALLENTIN, JOHN FRANKS, V.C.=, Capt., 1st Battn. South
Staffordshire Regt., only _s._ of the late Grimble Vallentin,
of The Manor House, Walthamstow, by his wife, Lucy (33, Prince of
Wales Mansions, S.W.), dau. of Col. John Finnis, 11th Bengal Native
Infantry Regt. (killed at Meerut, 10 May, 1857, the first victim of the
Mutiny); _b._ in London, 14 May, 1882; educ. Wellington College;
served in the South African War, 1901–2, with the Sussex Militia,
taking part in the operations in Orange River Colony, April to Dec.
1901, and in the Transvaal from that time until May, 1902 (Queen’s
medal with five clasps); gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Garrison
Regt., 29 July, 1903; transferred to 1st South Staffords, 7 June,
1905, and promoted Lieut. 7 Sept. 1907, and Capt. 12 June, 1909. He
went to France, 5 Oct. 1914, and was wounded on 31 Oct. at Ypres, and
taken to hospital, where he was detained. On 2 Nov., on hearing Major
Loder Symonds had been killed, he insisted on coming out of hospital
to take command of what was left of the regt., the Col. having been
seriously wounded on 31 Oct. He was killed in action at Zillebeke,
7 Nov. following; _unm._ The regt. on this occasion, with the
remains of the Queen’s Regt., captured six machine guns, and recaptured
the trenches which had previously been lost by the French. The machine
guns captured on this occasion were destroyed and buried. He was
awarded the V.C. posthumously “for conspicuous bravery on 7 Nov., at
Zillebeke, when leading the attack against the Prussian Guard under
a very heavy fire, he was struck down, and on rising to continue the
attack, was immediately killed. The capture of the enemy’s trenches
which followed was in a good measure due to the confidence which the
men had in their captain, arising from his many previous acts of great
bravery and ability.” Lieut.-Col. Ovens, C.M.G., commanding 1st South
Staffords, wrote: “Capt. Vallentin’s splendid heroism and unfaltering
courage and determination have been justly rewarded with the Victoria
Cross. He was Captain of our Polo Club and the best player in the
regt. He was a specialist in musketry, and a first-rate all-round man.
At manœuvres and in the field General Officers have commented on the
excellence of his work. The Chief Engineer of the 7th Division told
me Capt. Vallentin’s scheme of defence and his trenches were the best
he had seen. He was wounded and in hospital at Ypres on 6 Nov. 1914,
and hearing the regt. was making an attack that night, he came out of
hospital and took command. He was again wounded whilst leading his men
forward, and was instantly killed. His is a great loss to his splendid
old regt., and is deeply regretted by all who knew him.”
[Illustration: =John Franks Vallentin.=]
=VANE, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 305666, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VANRENEN, ARTHUR SAUNDERS=, Lieut.-Col., 5th (Service) Battn.
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, eldest surviving _s._ of the
late Gen. Donald Campbell Vanrenen, Indian Army, by his wife, Julia
(9, Lansdowne Place, Cheltenham), dau. of the late J. S. Sullivan,
Bengal Medical Service; _b._ Meerut, India, 14 Dec. 1862; educ.
Cheltenham; entered the Militia in 1879; was gazetted Lieut. from it,
to the Lincolnshire Regt., 12 May, 1883; and promoted Capt. 23 Dec.
1893; served with Malay States Guides, 19 Nov. 1897–1908, being acting
Commandant from 1905. He retired from the Lincolnshire Regt. on 3 Jan.
1903, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 offered his services,
and was gazetted Major, 7th Battn. of that regt., 23 Sept. following,
and Lieut.-Col. commanding 5th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 3 March,
1915; went to the Dardanelles, 10 July, 1915, and was killed in action
at Kapanya Dagh, 15 Aug. 1915, after the landing at Suvla Bay. He was
buried on the hill where the battle took place. He _m._ at Bruges,
Belgium, 28 Oct. 1897, Louisa Frances (Holmhurst, Bideford), dau. of
Edwin Empson Isemonger, Colonial Treasurer of the Straits Settlements,
and had two children: Esmé Mildred, _b._ 2 Aug. 1898; and Joyce
Marguerite, _b._ 12 May, 1903.
[Illustration: =Arthur S. Vanrenen.=]
=VANSON, ROBERT WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B 9073), 199912,
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VARLEY, HORACE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4856), S.S. 1766,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=VARLEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11284, 1st Battn. Coldstream
Guards, _s._ of James Varley, of Church, Accrington; _b._ co.
Lancaster; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders;
killed in action, 25 Jan. 1915.
=VARNEY, JOHN=, Pte., No. 9360, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.;
_s._ of John Varney, of 18, Mitchells Road, Richmond; served with
the Expeditionary Force in France; killed in action 15 Feb. 1915.
=VASSALLI, ALFRED JEROME=, Corpl., No. 305, 2nd King Edward’s
Horse, _s._ of John Vassalli, of Scarborough, Jet Ornament
Manufacturer, by his wife, Hannah, dau. of William Hardy; _b._
Whitby, co. York, 27 Aug. 1881; educ. Scarborough; was an officer in
the Merchant Service, and was training with the Naval Reserve when the
South African War broke out; volunteered, went with the naval guns
to the Relief of Ladysmith, and took part in the operations in the
Transvaal and Orange Free State and Natal (Queen’s medal with five
bars), and was for some time despatch rider for Gen. Bethune, in whose
cavalry regt. he afterwards served. He was a Naval Reservist, and on
the outbreak of war was called up, but failed to pass the medical
examination, and, being anxious to serve his country, joined the 2nd
King Edward’s Horse, and was promoted Corpl. His health, however, broke
down, and he died in King Edward VII Hospital, Windsor, 1 Oct. 1914,
from pneumonia contracted while in camp at Slough. He was a Rural
District Councillor at Drigg, Cumberland. He _m._ at Scarborough 3
Sept. 1902, Anne Pembroke (Derwent House, Drigg, Holmrook, Cumberland),
dau. of Frederick Reynolds, of the Inland Revenue Department, and had
three children: Frederick John, _b._ 10 Nov. 1911; Annie Reynolds,
_b._ 1 Feb. 1904; and Jessie Irene, _b._ 30 Dec. 1905.
[Illustration: =Alfred Jerome Vassalli.=]
=JONES-VAUGHAN, EVAN NANNEY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Royal Welsh
Fusiliers, yr. _s._ of Major-Gen. Hugh Thomas Jones-Vaughan,
of Llwydyn, Carnarvonshire, C.B., Col.-in-Chief of the Loyal North
Lancashire Regt. (who served through the Indian Mutiny), by his
wife, Eva, dau. of the late Rev. Evan C. Owen, of Hengwrtucha,
Merionethshire, and Aberhirriaeth Hall, T.L., J.P.; _b._ Llwydyn,
5 Sept. 1885; educ. Wellington and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 22 Feb. 1905; and promoted Lieut. 4 Dec. 1909,
and Capt. 19 April, 1913; left for France, 10 Aug. 1914; and was killed
in action not far from the village of Vertouquet, near Armentières, 26
Oct. following, by the explosion of a shell (but reports differ), which
also killed two Lieuts., a Sergt. and two men of his battn. Buried 600
metres from the spot where he fell; _unm._ His commanding officer
wrote: “I have lost a most gallant and capable officer and a very dear
companion.”
[Illustration: =Evan N. Jones-Vaughan.=]
=VAVASOUR, LIONEL ORMISTON=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. North
Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of Albert Carter Vavasour, M.A.,
J.P., of Weston Manor, Otley, co. York, by his wife, Eliza, dau. of C.
H. Dawson, J.P., Weston Hall; _b._ Killwick Hall, Beverley, 29
Aug. 1889; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the North Staffordshire
Regt. 28 May, 1910, from the Special Reserve, and promoted Lieut. 28
Dec. 1913; went to India with his regt. in 1912, and died at Gharial,
24 July, 1915, while on active service; _unm._ Lieut. Vavasour was
a keen sportsman, a clever cricketer, and while at school won several
silver cups, especially for the eight miles’ race. In the regt. he
found cricket and football “going to pieces,” but soon established
a revival of keen interest, and regularly made his century with his
team. He was the crack shot of his regt., and sent many trophies home
to witness to his prowess with the rifle, including the heads of three
urial and three chinkara from Kashmir, which was said to be the biggest
bag an officer had ever secured there.
[Illustration: =Lionel Ormiston Vavasour.=]
=VEITCH, FRANCIS=, Stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115773, H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VENN, ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1393), 201717, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=VENNER, HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4893), S.S. 104302,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=VENNING, EDWIN GERALD=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. The Suffolk
Regt., yst. _s._ of the late Rev. Edwin James Venning, Chaplain in
Cassel, Germany, by his wife, Amy, dau. of William Lawrence; _b._
Southsea, 7 June, 1883; educ. St. Edmund’s, Canterbury, and afterwards
took up acting. From about 1911, he travelled in the provinces with
touring companies, playing important parts, and when war broke out
in Aug. 1914, he was acting at Brighton. He at once volunteered, and
enlisted in the Royal Sussex Regt. in Sept. and was subsequently
gazetted Lieut. 3rd Suffolks, 1 Jan. 1915, and promoted Capt. 9 June,
1915; went to the Front, 3 May, 1915, and was killed in action at
Ypres, 6 Aug. following; _unm._ Buried in Locre Churchyard. Sergt.
Major Utting, in writing to his sister, said: “Your brother, Capt.
Venning, was my company officer, and he has treated myself and the men
of my company in such a manner that he has gained a respect that will
last as long as there is a man of the present B Coy. alive.”
[Illustration: =Edward Gerald Venning.=]
=VERCO, WALTER JOHN=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch./10669, H.M.S
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=VERCOE, HENRY STEVEN=, Officers’ Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4863,
H.M.S Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VEREKER, ROBERT HUMPHREY MEDLICOTT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Grenadier
Guards, 2nd _s._ of George Medlicott Vereker, of Sharpitor, near
Salcombe, South Devon, J.P. for co. Galway, Freeman of the City of
Dublin, late Capt. Kildare Militia, by his wife, Frances Gore, eldest
dau. of Robert Manders, of Landscape, Dundrum, co. Dublin, and grandson
of the Hon. John Prendergast Vereker [3rd son of John Prendergast, 3rd
Viscount Gort]; _b._ Dublin, 15 Oct. 1894; educ. Cheam, Osborne
Naval College and Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to 2nd Grenadier
Guards, 17 Sept. 1913, and joined his battn. the following month at
the Tower of London; went to France with the Expeditionary Force,
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action during the desperate night battle
at Landrecies, on the 25th of the same month. Buried at Landrecies;
_unm._ The Rev. Benjamin G. O. Rorke, Chaplain to the Forces,
wrote: “You have probably already heard that your brave son met his
death in action on the 25th inst. while trying to draw Corpl. Bacchus
of his regt. out of the range of the German fire. Corpl. Bacchus,
who was wounded, is now convalescent, and, if spared, can tell you
all about it. He showed me the exact spot at Landrecies, on the town
side of the railway level-crossing, on the left of the road. It was a
brave man’s death. There were in his pocket a silver flask from his
mother and his own ‘Onoto’ diary. I gave them into the custody of the
medical officer, Major Fry (brother of C. B. Fry), to take charge of
for you. He was buried in the next grave to Lord Hawarden and the
Hon. Windsor Clive on the one side, and eight men of the Coldstream
Guards on the other, and on the same occasion we erected a rough wooden
cross inscribing the names. The following day the wife of the ‘Garde
Cimetière’ brought me a wooden cross of a more substantial kind, and
I left instructions for the names to be painted on it; it was her own
thought and her own tribute. Mme. Bocquet, The Pharmacie, Grande Rue,
Landrecies (a very kind lady), undertook to see this done. I have heard
from the regt. how much he is missed. He died like a brave man. This
will be a great consolation to you.” The house and grounds at Sharpitor
were lent to the Red Cross Society for the duration of the war by Mr.
and Mrs. George Vereker in memory of their son.
=VERGE, ARTHUR=, Capt., A.A.M.C., attd. 6th Light Horse,
Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Austral Verge, of Kempsey,
Macleay River, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Matilda Jane,
dau. of Henry Flavelle, of Hamilton Terrace, London; _b._ Kempsey,
12 Feb. 1880; educ. The King’s School, Parramatta, where he was Burton
Exhibitioner in 1898, and St. Paul’s College within Sydney University,
where he graduated M.B., Ch.M., in 1905; was for two years (1905–6)
resident medical officer at Sydney Hospital; then proceeded to England,
where he attended the leading London hospital skin departments, and
took courses in Bacteriology and Vaccine Therapy. After a post graduate
course at Edinburgh University he qualified F.R.C.S. there in 1908,
and then visited Paris, Vienna, Prague and Berlin, and attended the
skin clinics and took courses in the treatment of skin diseases under
Sabarand, Brocq, Thebierge, Albaran (Paris), Finger, Rheil, Oppenheim,
Kapsammer (Vienna), Blaschko, Josephs and Wasserman (Berlin). Returning
to Edinburgh, he was appointed Clinical Assistant to the Skin
Department for three months, and later non-resident house physician for
one year (1909–10), at the Royal Infirmary, and while holding these
positions had charge of the X-Ray department, and the radium treatment
under Dr. Cranston Low. He took a six months’ course in Vaccine Therapy
and Bacteriology of the Skin at the Royal College of Physicians, and in
1910 published in the “British Medical Journal” (31 Dec.) an article on
“The Treatment and Diagnosis of Lupus Vulgaris by Tuberculin Ointment.”
He then returned to Australia and practised as a skin specialist in
Sydney, and in 1911 obtained the position of Hon. Assistant Physician
for Diseases of the Skin at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital there. On
the outbreak of war he volunteered for Imperial service, and was given
a commission as Capt. A.A.M.C., 2 Oct. 1914; left Sydney as medical
officer to the 6th Light Horse with the second reinforcements, and died
in No. 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 8 Sept. 1915, of dysentery
contracted while on active service with his regt. at Anzac Cove;
_unm._ He represented both King’s School and St. Paul’s College
in cricket, football, tennis and rowing. He played with the University
Union Football Team, and was full-back for three seasons. He played
full-back for New South Wales against Queensland in 1902 and 1904, and
while in the old country played rugger with Blackheath and other Rugby
clubs. Dr. Verge was also a capital all-round cricketer, and at one
time was the most successful bowler at the University. He played in two
matches against Melbourne University, scoring 10 and 2, and taking two
for 22 and six for 20 in 1903; and scoring 4 and 5, and taking four for
70 and three for 69 in 1904. His yr. brother, Dr. C. A. Verge, is now
with No. 32 General Hospital, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force.
[Illustration: =Arthur Verge.=]
=VICAT, HORATIO JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Queen’s Own Royal West
Kent Regt., eldest surviving _s._ of the late Horatio Nelson
Vicat, of Sevenoaks, by his wife, Miriam Frances Kate (East Lodge,
Sevenoaks), dau. of Henry Augustus Prevost Holland, of Quebec, Canada
[grandson of Capt. Samuel Holland, R.A., A.D.C. to General at the
capture of Quebec, and afterwards Surveyor General of Quebec and
Director of Surveys in British North America]; _b._ Melbourne, P.
Quebec, Canada, 24 June, 1885; educ. Cheltenham College and the Royal
Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Royal West Kents, 25
Jan. 1905, and promoted Lieut. 26 May, 1908; was seconded for service
with the West African Frontier Force (Gold Coast Regt.), from Nov.
1910 to Oct. 1912; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 21
Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Missy, during the Battle of
the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914. He was in command of his company when they
were forming advanced guard to the Brigade and he was leading his men
down to make good a bridge-head which was held by the enemy when they
opened fire with a machine-gun, and he was killed instantly. Buried 300
yards East-South-East of Missy Bridge on the south side of the river;
_unm._
[Illustration: =Horatio John Vicat.=]
=VIGUS, ROBERT EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 8507,
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914; _m._
=VILES, WILLIAM=, Gunner, R.M.A., 13533, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VILLIS, LEYSHON=, Trooper, No. 748, 18th Light Horse, 3rd
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of George Villis, by
his wife, Mary Ann (Hayes Cottages, Sully, near Cardiff), dau. of
Leyshon Watkin; _b._ Mountain Ash, co. Glamorgan, 17 April, 1893;
educ. Sully; went to Australia, 1 Dec. 1911; volunteered and enlisted
following the outbreak of war, 15 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action
at the Dardanelles, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._
=VINALL, CHARLES COBDEN=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3591), S.S. 957, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=VINALL, EDWARD ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3504), S.S. 1184, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=VINCE, DAN=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9107), 234619, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VINCENT, THOMAS ERNEST=, Blacksmith’s Mate, M. 3134, H.M.S.
Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=VINCENT, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 6540, 3rd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, eldest _s._ of William Offer Vincent, of Garsdon, by
his wife, Fanny, dau. of Charles Vincent; _b._ Garsdon, co.
Wilts, 6 May, 1883; educ. Lea National School; enlisted 8 Jan. 1906,
and was killed in action at Villers Cotteretts, 1 Sept. 1914, being
buried at Rue de la Reine on the 4th. He _m._ at Ampeny St.
Peter, co. Gloucester, Elizabeth (Garsdon, Malmesbury, Wilts), dau.
of Edwin Wheeler, and had issue: Francis William, _b._ 17 July,
1911; William Charles, _b._ 29 Sept. 1912; and Joan, _b._
(posthumous) 21 Dec. 1914.
[Illustration: =William Vincent.=]
=VINE, RICHARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 9739, H.M.S.
Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct.
1914; _m._
=VINEY, CECIL HENRY=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., only _s._ of Cecil T. Viney, of Bromley, Kent; _b._
24 May, 1891; educ. South Lodge, Enfield Chase, and Westminster, and
then entered the Royal Academy School of Painting, where he was still a
student in Aug. 1914, when war was declared. He immediately volunteered
for Imperial Service and was given a commission in the Special Reserve
of Officers, Northamptonshire Regt. 15 Aug. 1914, and later posted
to the 2nd Battn. He went to France and was killed in action near
Festubert, 9 May, 1915; _unm._