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Pte. George Vinton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
George Vinton suffered a wound in the leg in 1916
L/Cpl. Joseph Vipond MM
south African Army 3rd Btn. South African Infantry
from:Cleator Moor, Cumberland
L/C Joseph Vipond was captured at Delville Wood, France 19th July 1916. Detained at Dulmen until January 17. Removed to Munster until 23rd March 17. Removed to Dulmen for six days. In March of 18 was at Block 2 Sennelage Camp. Escaped 18th March 18. Arrived in England 28th April. For this was awarded the Military Medal. He did not serve abroad again. He died 30th January 1971 in South Africa.
Sgt. Mark Vipond
New Zealand Expeditionary Force Auckland Mounted Rifles
from:New Zealand
(d.9th Aug 1916)
Pte. William Charles Virgin
British Army 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Cardiff
(d.10th Jun 1915)
L/Cpl. Herbert Arthur Virtue
British Army Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps
from:Bermuda
(d.8th October 1918)
L/Cpl. Virtue was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Virtue, of Bermuda.
He was 31 when he died and is buried in a private vault in the St. George's Military Cemetery in Bermuda.
Pte. Edward Petrus Johannes Visser
South African Forces Springbok Commando Mounted Commandos
from:Maitland, Cape Province
(d.23rd January 1915)
Private Visser was the Husband of E. L. Esterhuizen (formerly Visser), of 1, De Zama St., Brooklyn, Maitland, Cape Province.
He was 28 and is buried in the Nousmond Farm Cemetery, Pofadder, Northern Cape, South Africa
Pte. Fred Vitty
British Army 14th Btn., D Coy Durham Light Infantry
from:Fir Tree, Crook, Co Durham
(d.18th Sep 1916)
Fred Vitty enlisted in the 14th Service Battalion DLI with his brother George at Bishop Auckland on 9th September 1914. Fred was age 17 and George 23. They were both miners working with their father, William Vitty, for Harperley Collieries at Fir Tree Drift Mine. They both survived the 19th December 1915 Gas attack, George bringing home a poem written about the attack called "Division 49", George lost his right arm at Ypres at Easter 1916. Fred was killed in action leading a patrol near the Quadrilateral at The Somme on the 18th September 1916.
Stoker/1st Cl. Walter John Vivian
Royal Navy HMS Eglantine
from:Abbotsbury, Dorset, England
(d.31st May 1918)
William John Vivian was born in Abbotsbury, Dorset, on 18 Nov 1880, son of Joseph Vivian and Sarah Ann Galpin. He came from a close-knit farming and fishing community, so would be used to hard work, both on land and at sea. He died of disease, and is buried in Belfast. His family has been in Abbotsbury and neighbouring hamlets for over 350 years.
Stkr1. William John Vivian
Royal Navy HMS Eglantine
from:Abbotsbury, Dorset
(d.31st May 1918)
William Vivian was one of nine children born to Joseph Vivian and Sarah Ann Mitchell Galpin, in Abbotsbury, Dorset. He died of disease while serving in HMS Eglantine and is buried in the City Cemetery, Belfast.
Sto William John Vivian
Royal Navy HMS Eglantine
from:Abbotsbury, Dorset
(d.31st May 1918)
Rflmn. Thomas Vizard
British Army 9th (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Paddington, London
(d.1st July 1916)
I discovered through the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the memorial to Thomas Vizard (my mother's cousin) inscribed on the Thiepval Memorial. My daughter was fortunate to partake in a school visit to actually see the inscription and to envisage the horror of the Somme.
L/Cpl. Thomas R. Vockwich
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte John Vodden
British Army 1st Battalion Welsh Regiment
from:London
(d.18th August 1915)
Rfmn. James Albert Voice
British Army 12th (The Rangers) Btn. London Regiment
from:32 Tarring Road, Worthing
(d.29th Sep 1918)
L/Cpl. Stanley Arthur James Vollans
British Army 8th Battalion Machine Gun Corps
from:55 Regent Ave, Harrogate
Stanley Vollans was called up on the 6th of October 1916. Originally he served with the 218th Machine Gun Company, which amalgamated into the 8th Battalion MGC on the 20th of January 1918. He was wounded and captured on the 24th of April 1918 at the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux and was repatriated to London on the 4th of December 1918.
Able Sea. Frederick Charles Hedges Volze
Royal Navy HMS E30
from:Croydon, Surrey
(d.22nd Nov 1916)
Frederick Volze served in the Royal Navy during WW1 and as serving on board HMS E30 when it was mined off Orford Ness, Suffolk in the North Sea on the 22nd November 1916. There were no survivors, Frederick was aged 22. He is commemorated on Panel 16 in the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent and was the son of John and Ellen Volze, of Croydon, Surrey.
Lt. William Lennox Vorster
Royal Air Force 139 Squadron
from:Transvaal, South Africa
(d.23rd July 1918)
William Voster was the Son of Hendrik Adriaan Vorster and Anna Susanna Vorster of Vereeniging, Transvaal, South Africa. He was 24 when his plane was shot down. He is buried in the Mattarello Communal Cemetery in Italy.
Rfm. Francis Albert Vose MID.
British Army 9th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:London
Francis Albert Vose served in the First World War in France. He was at Ypres and was in the trenches at Passchendaele. Went 'Over the top' three times. It is understood that when the trench was over run by German troops a captured and wounded German officer in the dugout saved Francis and cook from being killed on spot. His family were notified that he was missing between 21st and 27th March 1918 and then were notified he was a POW at Limburg on 31st May 1918. He spent time unloading scrap from railway wagons, escaped with another and, with help from Belgian and French people made their way to Calais. He was certainly there in October 1918.
Pte. William Thomas Voss
British Army 10th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Dorchester
(d.25th September 1915)
Pte. Charles Robert Vousden
British Army 7th Btn East Kent Regiment
(d.7th Aug 1918)
Charles Vousden served with 7th Btn. The Buffs.
Pte. S. Vout
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
S Vout suffered Gunshot wounds in 1916
Pte. Frederick Charles Voyce
British Army 5th Btn. Essex Regiment
from:Leather Bottle Hill, Stock, Essex
Frederick Voyce served with the 4th and 5th Battalions, Essex Regiment.
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