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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 40901" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Verney </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Special Boat Squadron (Adjutant,HQ + L Detachment) + HQ SAS Brigade </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain + Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>69581 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross,Mention in Despatches (x2),Legion dHonneur </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mediterranean 1943 NW Europe 1944-45 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit North Somerset Yeomanry,Royal Armoured Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 30.9.1913</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Sir Ralph,1st Bt and Janette Cheveria Hamilton (nee Walker) Verney</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>succeeded as 2nd Bt 1959</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Eton College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Christ Church College,Oxford</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SBS 1943 (Lt - Captain)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>POW August 1943 - escaped</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SAS 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HQ SAS Brigade 1944-45 (Major)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded M.C. (London Gazette 27.4.1944)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Territorial Decoration (T.D.) 1970</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Jeanie Lucinda Musgrave 29.3.1939 (7 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author "</em><a href="https://amzn.to/2ETnLZ7" target="_blank"><em>Going to the Wars</em></a><em>" (1955)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 2.2.1993 Clare,Suffolk </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-verney.12201/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/12/12201-249daa3a935d0aa3ac392e278a30de8a.jpg?1591398541" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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