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Sir Geoffrey Vavasour, 5th Baronet

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in September 1961. He was the director of W M Still & Sons, a kitchen equipment manufacturer, in 1962. He married Marcia Christine Lodge in 1971, with the couple divorcing in 1980. Vavasour died at
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in September 1937. He married his first wife, Joan Millicent Kirkland Robb, in 1940, with the couple having two daughters. He served in the Royal Navy in the
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in April 1944. He was again mentioned in dispatches in May 1944. In the final month of the war he was promoted to the rank of
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for 6 runs. He was divorced from his wife in the same year. He was promoted to the rank of
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between 1950 and 1958, with Vavasour retiring from active service in February 1958.
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Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)
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and his wife, Ellice Margaret Nelson, Vavasour was born at
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Vavasour succeeded his father as the 5th Baronet of
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Queenstown
Ireland
Wandsworth
London
First-class
Batting average
stumpings
Cricinfo
DSC
Irish
English
Royal Navy
Second World War
mentioned in dispatches
Distinguished Service Cross
first-class cricket
Combined Services cricket team
Hazelwood
Sir Leonard Vavasour
Queenstown
Ireland
Royal Naval Dartmouth
sub-lieutenant
lieutenant
Second World War
mentioned in dispatches
Rowland's Castle
Distinguished Service Cross
lieutenant commander
first-class cricket

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