Gerald Lloyd-Verney
Gerald Lloyd-Verney | |
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| Birth name | Gerald Harry George Lloyd Verney |
| Born | 10 July 1900 Mentioned in Despatches (2) |
Second World War. He changed his name by Deed poll
from Gerald Lloyd Verney to Gerald Lloyd-Verney in 1941.
Early life
Verney was the son of Sir Harry Lloyd Verney and Lady Joan Elizabeth Mary Cuffe. Educated at Eton College, Verney was Page of Honour to King George V between 1914 and 1917.[1]
Military career
Verney was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1919.[2] He became Aide-de-camp to the Governor of South Australia in 1928 and then, after attending the Staff College, Camberley from 1938 to 1939, transferred to the Irish Guards in 1939.[2]
Staghound armoured car
, 8 September 1944.Verney served in the
1st Guards Brigade in Italy and Austria from 1944 to 1945 when he became Military Commander in Vienna.[2] His last appointment was as General Officer Commanding 56th (London) Armoured Division in 1946 before retiring in 1948.[2]
Personal life
In 1926 Verney married the Hon Joyce Sybil Vivian Smith, daughter of Vivian Smith, 1st Baron Bicester, and together they had two children:[1]
- Wing Commander Harry St. George Burke, of the Burkes of Clondagoff Castle, County Galway, and Evelyn Marjorie Stringer.[4][5]
- Bridget Mary Lloyd-Verney, who married Michael Barry Sarson, son of CaptainMaurice John Sarson, on 20 October 1951 and had four children.
Lloyd-Verney died on 3 April 1957 at Enniskerry, Ireland, aged 56.[6]
References
- ^ a b Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lloyd-Verney, Gerald Harry George". Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. Archived from the original on 5 February 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Divisional Commanders". Archived from the original on 12 May 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Major Peter Verney". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "The Guards Magazine". guardsmagazine.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "Maj.-Gen. G.L. Verney". The Times. No. 53807. London. 4 April 1957. p. 14.
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