George Francis Augustus Venables-Vernon 239,509
- Born: 28 September 1888
- Died: 10 November 1915, St. Andrew's Hospital, Malta aged 27 13
 General Notes:
From CWGC:
Name: VENABLES-VERNON, GEORGE FRANCIS AUGUSTUS
Initials: G F A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Captain
Regiment/Service: Derbyshire Yeomanry
Age: 27
Date of Death: 10/11/1915
Additional information: 8th Baron Vernon. Son of the late George
William Henry Warren-Venables-Vernon, 7th Baron Vernon, of Sudbury,
Derbyshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. IV. 1.
Cemetery: PIETA MILITARY CEMETERY
Pieta Military Cemetery - From the spring of 1915, the hospitals and
convalescent depots established on the islands of Malta and Gozo dealt
with over 135,000 sick and wounded, chiefly from the campaigns in
Gallipoli and Salonika, although increased submarine activity in the
Mediterranean meant that fewer hospital ships were sent to the island from May 1917.
Noted events in his life were:
1. Resided: 10 November 1915, Sudbury Hall, Sudbury, Derbyshire. 13
2. He had an estate probated on 8 May 1915 in London. 13
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