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GODALMING,
CHARTERHOUSE SCHOOL MEMORIAL CHAPEL
World
War 1 & 2 - Detailed information compiled by Eric Webb & Chris
Wheeler 2008-2009
Copyright © Charterhouse School 2008
Extra detail Martin Edwards & Mal Murray
GREAT
WAR 1914-1918
SURNAMES V
| VASSALL,
MiD |
Phillips
Saumarez |
[Listed
as Phillip Saumarez Vassall on SDGW] Captain, 7th Battalion, Gloucetsershire
Regiment. Born 8 October 1875. Killed in action 7 August 1915. Aged
39. Baptised 26 December 1875 in Fishponds, St Mary, Gloucetsershire.
Son of the late Robert Lowe Grant and Matilda Paulina Vassall. Served
in the South African War. Twice Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). In
the 1881 census he was aged 5, born Stapleton, Gloucestershire,
scholar, son of Robert Lowe Grant and Matilda Pauline Vassall, resident
Oldbury Court, Stapleton, Barton Regis, Gloucestershire. In the
1891 census he was aged 15, born Fishponds, Gloucestershire, a school
boarder, resident Charterhouse Revd H J Evans, Prince of Wales Road,
Godalming, Guildford, Surrey. No known grave. Commemorated on HELLES
MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panel 102 to 105.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Oration Quarter 1889:
Vassall,
Phillips Saumarez. b. 8 Oct., 1875. (Gownboys); Left L.Q., 1892.-Joined
Gloucestershire Regt., 1897; served in S. African War with M.I.,*
1899-1902.
P. S. Vassall, Esq., Messrs. Cox & Co., 16, Charing Cross,
S.W.
Extract
from Hertford Mercury and Reformer - Saturday 29 January
1916, page 2:
Capt.
Phillips Saumarez Vassall, Glos. Regt., killed in the Dardanelles,
August 7.
Extract
from Gloucestershire Echo - Friday 13 August 1915, page
4, and Gloucester Journal - Saturday 14 August 1915,
page 6:
CAPT.
P. S. VASSALL.
Captain
Phillips Saumarez Vassall, 7th Service Battalion Gloucestershire
Regiment, youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs. R. L. G. Vassall.
of Oldbury Court, Fishponds, has been killed at the Dardanelles.
He was educated at Charterhouse, and joined the 2nd Battalion
Gloucestershire Regiment (gazetted captain 25th July, 1906). He
served through the South African War with the Mounted Infantry
of his regiment. Subsequently he was seconded for service in Southern
Nigeria, where he went through several campaigns, in one of which
he was wounded. When the present war broke out he was in the reserve
of officers, and last October was attached to the 7th Battalion
of his old regiment as company commander. He had only been in
the Dardanelles about a fortnight before being killed on the 7th
of this month. He was 39 years of age.
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| VENABLES,
DSO, MiD |
Charles
John |
Major.
Born 21 January 1865 in Nassau, Bahamas, son of the Right Rev. Addington
Venables, Bishop of Nassau; husband of Helen Margaret Venables,
of 7, Palace Place Mansions, Kensington Court, London, married 21
March 1896 in Naples, Italy; two daughters. He was at Charterhouse
[U then L] 1877 - 1882. In 1885 He was commissioned into the Gloucester
Regiment, he then pursued a regular army career. He served in the
South African War and was awarded the Distinguished Service order
(D.S.O.). In the Great War he served with 7th Battalion. Height
5 ft 4 inches, Adjutant 2 September 1901 to 1 September 1904 in
Gloucestershire Regiment. Hidustani speaker. In the 1911 censsu
he was aged 46, born Nassau, Bahamas, West Indies, married, serving
Army Officer, Major, 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment based
at Verdala Barracks Malta. Mentioned in Dispatches (MiD). He was
killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 8 August 1915. He is
commemorated on HELLES MEMORIAL, Turkey (including Gallipoli). Panels
101 - 104.
Extract
from the Charterhouse Register, Cricket Quarter 1877:
Venables,
Charles John. b. 21 Jan., 1865. (Uskites-Lockites); Left O.Q.,
1882.-Joined Gloucestershire Regt., 1885; Capt., 1892; served
in S. African War,* 1899-1901; D.S.O.; Adjutant, 3rd Batt., 1901.
Capt. C. J. Venables, D.S.O., Messrs. Cox & Co., 16,
Charing Cross, S.W.
Extract
from the Distinguished Service Order 1886-1915, page
190:
VENABLES,
CHARLES JOHN, Capt., was born 21 Jan. 1865, son of
the late Right Reverend Addington R. P. Venables, Bishop of
Nassau, He entered the Army 20 Aug. 1885; became Captain,
1892. He served in South Africa as Captain, Gloucestershire
Regt., 1899-1901, taking part in the operations in Natal,
1899, including actions at Rietfontein and Lombard's Kop,
and in the defence of Ladysmith. He was mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 10 Sept 1901]; received the Queen's Medal
and two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished
Service Order [London Gazette, 27 Sept 1901]: "Charles
John Venables, Capt., Gloucestershire Regt. In recognition
of services during the operations in South Africa." The
Insignia were presented by the King 29 Oct. 1901. He was promoted
Major 1 Nov 1905, and retired 26 Nov. 1913. He took part in
the European War, and was killed in action 8 Aug. 1915, at
the Dardanelles. He had married, in 1896, Helen Margaret,
daughter of the late Robert Terry.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1915:
VENABLES
Charles John of Malden Worplesdon Surrey
major H.M. Gloucester regiment died 8 August 1915 at The Gallipoli
Peninsula Turley Administration (with Will) London
20 November to Charles Allen Chase bank registrar. Effects
£7058 3s. 1d.
Extract
from Newcastle Journal - Thursday 19 August 1915,
page 7:
Major
Charles John Venables, D.S.O., Gloucestershire Regiment (killed
in action), was born in 1865, and joined the Army in 1885.
He attained to the substantive rank of major in the Gloucestershire
Regiment in 1905, and retired with full rank in 1913. Rejoining
last year, he was appointed major in the 7th (Service) Battalion.
He served in the South African War, taking part in the operations
in Natal, including the actions at Rietfontein and Lombard's
Kop and the defence of Ladysmith, for which he was mentioned
in dispatches and received the Cross the Distinguished Service
Order and the Queen's medal with two clasps.
Extract
from Truth - Wednesday 25 August 1915, page 6:
The
Gloucestershire Regiment has lost Major Charles John Venables,
D.S.O., who joined it in 1885, and was promoted major in 1905.
Seeing no chance of getting command of a battalion before
being hit by the age clause, he retired in 1913, but enrolled
himself in the Reserve of Officers, and rejoined the Colours
directly war broke out. For a time he did duty at the depot
of his old regiment, until he was appointed Second-in-Command
of the 7th (Service) Battalion, which was the first of the
seven Gloucestershire battalions raised for the New Armies.
Major Venables had previously seen active service in South
Africa, having been present at the actions of Rietfontein
and Lombard's Kop, and taken an active share in the defence
of Ladysmith. He was mentioned in Sir George White's despatches,
and received the D.S.O. as a reward.
Extract
from London Evening Standard - Thursday 25 November
1915, page 11:
Major
Charles John Venables, Gloucester Regiment, of Malden, Worplesdon,
Surrey, who received the D.S.O. during the Siege of Ladysmith,
a well-known jockey and polo player, was killed on August
8 in the Gallipoli Peninsula, aged 49, left estate of the
value of £7058 3s. 11d.
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| VERNON |
Herbert
Douglas |
 Lieutenant,
Grenadier Guards attached 2nd Guards Company, Machine Gun Corps
(Infantry). Killed in action 15 September 1916. Aged 23. Son of
Sir Herbert Vernon, 2nd Bart., and Lady Vernon, of Eastham House,
Eastham, Cheshire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL,
Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 D.
Extract
from England & Wales Government Probate Death Index
1918:
VERNON
Herbert Douglas of Eastham House Eastham Cheshire
lieutenant 3rd battalion Grenadier Guards died 15 September 1916
in France Administration London 31 January to John
Herbert Vernon gentleman. Effects £3201 12s.
Extract
from De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1918, volume 2, page
302:
VERNON,
HERBERT DOUGLAS, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Grenadier Guards, 2nd
s. of John Herbert Vernon, of Eastham House, Eastham, co.
Chester, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Bagnall, of Team Leys,
co. Stafford: and gdson. of Sir William Vernon, of Shotwick Park,
co. Chester, Bart.; b. Waterloo, near Liverpool, 4 Jan.
1893; educ. Mostyn House, Parkgate, 1901-7; Charterhouse, 1907-12,
and Magdalen College, Oxford, 1912-14; was a member of the Charterhouse
first football team, and gained his "Blue" as a Freshman
at Oxford, playing against Cambridge in 1913 and 1914. At Charterhouse
he was also a member of the Cricket Second XI.; at Oxford joined
the O.T.C.; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 7th (T.F.) Battn. The King's (Liverpool
Regt.) 11 Nov. 1914; transferred to the Grenadier Guards in 1915;
promoted Lieut. 30 Jan. 1915; went to France with the 3rd Battn.
July, 1915, and served at the front continuously until his death;
was present at the attack at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, the Battle
of Loos, and also at Laventie and Ypres, and the Battle of the Somme;
killed in action in the Guards' charge between Ginchy and Les Boeufs,
in the Battle of the Somme, 15 Sept. 1916. At the time of his death
was serving with the Machine Gun Coy. of the 2nd Guards Brigade:
unm.
Extract
from Liverpool Echo - Thursday, 28 September 1916, page
6:
VERNON—Killed
in action, September 15th, aged 23 years, Herbert Douglas Vernon,
Lieutenant, Grenadiers Guards, attached machine-gun company, second
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Vernon, Eastham House, Cheshire.
Extract
from Birkenhead News - Saturday 30 September 1916, page
8:
VERNON.—Sept.
15th, killed in action, aged 23 years, Herbert Douglas Vernon. Lietnenant,
Grenadier Guards to Machine Gun Company, Guards Brigade, second
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Vernon, Eastham House, Cheshire.
Extract
from Staffordshire Advertiser - Saturday 15 September 1917,
page 5, and Liverpool Echo - Saturday 14 September 1918,
page 2, and Crewe Chronicle - Saturday 18 September 1926,
page 10:
VERNON.
—-To the beloved and happy memory of Herbert Douglas Vernon,
Lieutenant Grenadier Guards, second son Mr. J. H. and Mrs. Vernon,
Eastham House, Cheshire, who gave his life for his King and country
in the battle of the Somme, Sept. 15, 1916.
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| VOWLER |
Edward
Maxwell |
 Second
Lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Killed
in action 14 March 1915. Born 10 February 1894. In the 1901 census
he was aged 7, born Marylebone, Middlesex, son of Edward N and Bessie
E Vowler, resident 15, Carlton Hill, St Marylebone, Marylebone,
London & Middlesex. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born
St. John's Wood, London, a school boarder, resident Charterhouse,
Godalming, Surrey. Clerk at the Stock Exchange. Buried in SANCTUARY
WOOD CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row M. Grave 9.
Also commemorated on Marhamchurch War memorial, Cornwall. See also
London Stock Exchange.
Extract
from Western Times - Monday 22 March 1915, page 2:
Second-Lieutenant
Edward Maxwell Vowler, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, was educated
at Charterhouse, and, on leaving school, joined the Honourable Artillery
Company, with whom he served both at home and in France. He received
his commission in February last. He was the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward N. Vowler, of 15, Carlton-hill, N.W., and was in his
22nd year.
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