- SURNAME
Verney
- FORENAME
John
- UNIT
Special Boat Squadron (Adjutant,HQ + L Detachment) + HQ SAS Brigade
- RANK
Captain + Major
- NUMBER
69581
- AWARD
Military Cross,Mention in Despatches (x2),Legion dHonneur
- PLACE
Mediterranean 1943 NW Europe 1944-45
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit North Somerset Yeomanry,Royal Armoured Corps
born 30.9.1913
son of Sir Ralph,1st Bt and Janette Cheveria Hamilton (nee Walker) Verney
succeeded as 2nd Bt 1959
educated Eton College
educated Christ Church College,Oxford
SBS 1943 (Lt - Captain)
POW August 1943 - escaped
1 SAS 1944
HQ SAS Brigade 1944-45 (Major)
awarded M.C. (London Gazette 27.4.1944)
awarded Territorial Decoration (T.D.) 1970
married Jeanie Lucinda Musgrave 29.3.1939 (7 children)
author "Going to the Wars" (1955)
died 2.2.1993 Clare,Suffolk
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