The Brave Few – V

Choose the letter which represents the surname of the soldier you are researching.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S TV W X Y Z


VERELST, HARRY WILSON, M.C.
Regiment:  Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion
Rank:  Major
Date of Death:  26 September 1916, age 26
Son of the late Harry William Verelst and of Mary Verelst, of Aston Hall, Sheffield.
Cemetery:  GUARDS’ CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS Link
Guards’ Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Somme, France
Special  Memorial to three officers (including Harry Verelst) of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, killed in action on 26 September 1916 and known to have been buried together by the roadside near Lesboefs, whose grave could not later be located.
Remembered on the Verelst grave in Aston Churchyard
Remembered on the First World War Memorial in All Saints Church, Aston
Remembered on a memorial on the tower wall in All Saints Church, Aston


VOWLER, EDWARD MAXWELL
Regiment:  Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion
Rank:  Second Lieutenant
Date of Death: 14 March 1915
Baptised 10th March 1894 in St. Johns Wood All Saints, Westminster
Nephew of Revd. Arthur Nicholson Vowler of Ulley Vicarage.
Cemetery:  SANCTUARY WOOD CEMETERY, BELGIUM Link
Grave/Memorial Ref. V.M.9.
Remembered in Holy Trinity Church, Ulley