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     Betty Eleanor Grace Shepherd is the daughter of Charles Edward Shepherd.¹ She married, firstly, Lieutenant John Herbert Radcliffe Medlicott Vereker, son of Lt.-Col. John Cayzer Medlicott Vereker and Dulcie Flores Elder Radcliffe, on 14 June 1939.¹ She married, secondly, Captain Maruice Milton Jones on 1 May 1945.¹
      From 14 June 1939, her married name became Vereker. From 1 May 1945, her married name became Jones.¹

     Jocelyn Vereker was born on 25 September 1940.¹ She is the daughter of Lieutenant John Herbert Radcliffe Medlicott Vereker and Betty Eleanor Grace Shepherd.² She married Ralph Lancelot Johnston, son of Stanley Everton Lancelot Johnston, on 8 June 1963.¹

     Ralph Lancelot Johnston is the son of Stanley Everton Lancelot Johnston.¹ He married Jocelyn Vereker, daughter of Lieutenant John Herbert Radcliffe Medlicott Vereker and Betty Eleanor Grace Shepherd, on 8 June 1963.¹

     Amanda Louise Johnston was born on 20 December 1964.¹ She is the daughter of Ralph Lancelot Johnston and Jocelyn Vereker.²

     Tracy Kristina Johnston was born in 1967.¹ She is the daughter of Ralph Lancelot Johnston and Jocelyn Vereker.²

     Major Derek Standish Vereker was born on 13 July 1922.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Cayzer Medlicott Vereker and Dulcie Flores Elder Radcliffe.² He died in July 1944, killed in action.¹
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Acting Major in the service of the 4th Gurkha Rifles.¹

     Patrick Brian Vereker was born on 27 December 1923.¹ He was the son of Lt.-Col. John Cayzer Medlicott Vereker and Dulcie Flores Elder Radcliffe.² He died on 19 December 1941 at age 17, killed in action in H.M.S. Neptune.¹
     He fought in the Second World War.¹ He gained the rank of Midshipman in the service of the Royal Navy.¹

     Dulciebella Joy Vereker was born on 18 September 1918.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. John Cayzer Medlicott Vereker and Dulcie Flores Elder Radcliffe.² She married, firstly, Captain Hender Charles Molesworth-St. Aubyn, son of Sir Hugh Molesworth-St. Aubyn, 13th Bt. and Emma Sybil Wake, on 26 October 1935.¹ She and Captain Hender Charles Molesworth-St. Aubyn were divorced in 1946.¹ She married, secondly, W/Cdr. Harold Frederick Gurney Fry, son of B. E. Fry, on 21 June 1948.¹
      Dulciebella Joy Vereker usually went by her middle name of Joy.¹ From 26 October 1935, her married name became Molesworth-St. Aubyn.¹ From 21 June 1948, her married name became Fry.¹ Her name was legally changed to Dulciebella Joy Buswell by Deed Poll.¹ She lived in 2003 at Aldersnapp Cottage, Petersfield, Hampshire, England.¹

     Sir Hugh Molesworth-St. Aubyn, 13th Bt. was born on 8 January 1865.² He was the son of Rev. Sir St. Aubyn Hender Molesworth-St. Aubyn, 12th Bt. and Caroline Wheler.^2,3 He married Emma Sybil Wake, daughter of Admiral Charles Wake and Emma St. Aubyn, on 26 June 1894 at St. George Hanover Square, London, England.⁴ He died on 5 January 1942 at age 76 at Pencarrow, Bodmin, Cornwall, England.⁴
     He was educated at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, England.² He graduated from Christ Church, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, in 1890 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.).² He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Cornwall in 1903.² He succeeded to the title of 13th Baronet Molesworth, of Pencarrow, Cornwall [E., 1689] on 18 May 1913.² He gained the rank of Captain at Bodmin, Cornwall, England, in the service of the Durham County Light Infantry, Depot, during the First World War.² He held the office of High Sheriff of Cornwall between 1922 and 1923.²

     Captain Hender Charles Molesworth-St. Aubyn was born on 5 January 1901 at Helston, Cornwall, England.² He was the son of Sir Hugh Molesworth-St. Aubyn, 13th Bt. and Emma Sybil Wake.^3,2 He married Dulciebella Joy Vereker, daughter of Lt.-Col. John Cayzer Medlicott Vereker and Dulcie Flores Elder Radcliffe, on 26 October 1935.¹ He and Dulciebella Joy Vereker were divorced in 1946.¹ He died in 1986.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.⁴ He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery (Reserve Officers).⁴ He was admitted to Territorial Decoration (T.D.).⁴ He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Royal Pioneer Corps.⁴ He fought in the Second World War, in Iceland, France and Germany.⁴