Living married Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Vintras, Caroline Frances. Caroline (daughter of Vintras, Air Commodore Roland Eugene de Trevieres CBE and Ransome Bentley, Barbara Patricia) was born on 10 Aug 1946 in District Hendon; died on 3 Jul 2012 in Brighton, , Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 49C8FD0B148E4D30AB82E172E87B588E011E
• Probate: 30 Oct 2012, London, , Greater London, England

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Probate:
First name(s) Caroline Frances
Last name Pepler
Death year 2012
Death date 03 Jul 2012
Probate year 2012
Probate date 30 Oct 2012
Residence town -
Registry London
County London
Country England
Document type Grant and will
Number 3909471
Record set England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England

Died:
First name(s) Caroline Frances
Last name Pepler
Death year 2012
Death date 03 Jul 2012
Probate year 2012
Probate date 30 Oct 2012
Residence town -
Registry London
County London
Country England
Document type Grant and will
Number 3909471
Record set England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Collections from Great Britain, England

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• _UID: B2F5883E9F574071833F87A06FDBDA3A5B11
• Probate: 14 Apr 1958, Lewes, , Sussex, England

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Probate:
Name: Mark Bindon Clare Pepler
Death Date: 22 Jan 1958
Death Place: Sussex, England
Probate Date: 14 Apr 1958
Probate Registry: Lewes

Mark married Meynell, Rosemary Elizabeth Hallam between Jul and Sep 1936 in District Cuckfield. Rosemary (daughter of Meynell, Gerard Tuke and Moorhouse, Esther Hallam) was born on 8 Sep 1917 in London, , Greater London, England; died in Mar 2003 in Burgess Hill, , Sussex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• _UID: 66ACCFBC8E404AB7A792978E98D379CA7828

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Air Commodore R E deT Vintras (26127)

Roland Eugene de Trevieres b: 18 May 1908 r: 1 Aug 1949 d: 15 Jan 1984

CBE - 13 Jun 1946, CLoM (Cdr) - 16 Apr 1946.

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Plt Off: 27 Jul 1929, Fg Off: 27 Jan 1931, Flt Lt: 27 Jan 1935, Sqn Ldr: 1 Aug 1938, (T) Wg Cdr: 1 Dec 1940, Act Gp Capt: 24 Aug 1942?, Wg Cdr (WS): 24 Feb 1943, Act A/Cdre: 1 Oct 1944, Gp Capt (WS): 1 Apr 1945 - 1 Nov 1947, Gp Capt: 1 Jul 1947, A/Cdre: Retained.

xx xxx 1927: Flight Cadet, 'A' Sqn, RAF College.
27 Jul 1929: Pilot/Photographic Officer, No 33 Sqn.
14 Feb 1931: Pilot/Photographic Officer, No 39 Sqn.
7 Mar 1933: Supernumerary, RAF Depot.
10 May 1933: Supernumerary, HQ ADGB.
xx Aug 1933: Attended Central Flying School.
8 Nov 1933: QFI, No 5 FTS.
17 Jan 1936: QFI, No 10 FTS.
1 Nov 1936: Flight Commander, No 66 Sqn.
23 Oct 1937: Squadron Commander, No 4 FTS - RAF Abu Sueir
4 Nov 1938: Supernumerary, No 1 RAF Depot.
23 Jan 1939: Attended RAF Staff College
25 Aug 1939: Air Staff, Directorate of Plans.
xx xxx xxxx: Staff Officer, Allied Military Committee - Supreme War Council.
9 Sep 1940: Staff, Strategic Planning Section - Joint Planning Staff.
xx xxx 1941: Staff, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Policy).
24 Aug 1942?: Deputy Director of Plans.
xx xxx xxxx: Officer Commanding, RAF ?.
1 Oct 1944: Director of Intelligence (Research).
1 Oct 1945: Director of Intelligence (Operations).
xx xxx xxxx: Staff, Joint Intelligence Bureau, Ministry of Defence.

Winning a 'Prize Scholarship' to the RAF College at Cranwell in 1927, which he represented at Fencing and Athletics. He was awarded the Humanities Prize on graduation in 1929, being posted to No 33 Sqn at Eastchurch. Initially flying Hawker Horsleys, it was not long before the squadron became the first to be equipped with the new Hawker Hart. Whilst serving with 33, he qualified as both a photographic and parachute officer to the squadron. His first overseas posting came in ?, when he joined No 39 Squadron at Risalpur in India, also flying the Hart.
Returning to the operational environment, he joined No 66 Squadron at Duxford, this time flying Gloster Gauntlets. In 1937 he led the squadron formation aerobatic team at the Coronation display at Hendon. Shortly after this in 1938 he was posted overseas again, this time to Egypt.
In 1938 he was offered the post of British Liaison Officer to the French in Beirut, being qualified as a French interpreter. However shortly after this he passed the Staff College examination but his request to carry out this duty for two years before attending the RAF Staff College was rejected, for which he was later grateful.
With the outbreak of war imminent he, along with the other members of the course were posted to study their war appointments. In his case this was to RAF Catterick where he trained to be a fighter sector controller. Returning to Andover and completion of his staff course, after which he joined HMS Glasgow for a pre leave attachment. Shortly prior to the outbreak of war, he found that he was not to become a fighter controller after all, instead of which he was posted to the Air Ministry and an appointment in the Directorate of Plans. However, on arrival he met Paddy Bandon (later ACM The Earl of Bandon), who told him that he (Bandon) had been appointed to the Supreme War Council as a Staff Officer. Being unable to speak French, Bandon asked Vintras if he would like to 'swap' jobs and so Roland Vintras became staff officer to AVM Sir Douglas Evill.
One of his duties was to organize an air service between Hendon and France for members of the Allied Military Committee and others involved in negotiations and planning with the French authorities. Following the fall of France, he joined the Joint Planning Committee under Group Capt William Dickson. He immediately became involved in negotiations with Britain's oldest ally, Portugal. As a result he found himself Acting as a liaison officer to the Portuguese representative who had carried out a survey of the Azores as a possible base for long range anti submarine aircraft. These negotiations becoming extremely detailed and drawn out and requiring him traveling to Portugal on a number of occasions. Ultimately however, the negotiations paid dividends when the Portuguese agreed to allow the Allies to use facilities in the Azores resulting in the establishment of No 247 Group. Operating 'Very Long Range' Fortresses and Liberators, the Group was able to close what had become known as the 'Atlantic Gap'. As secretary of the Committee he also attended the Conferences at Casablanca, Algiers and Washington in 1943.
Returning to England, he was appointed Base/Station Commander of RAF ? in Lincolnshire, part of No 5 Group, but it was not long before he was asked to accompany yet another mission to Portugal. However, prior to leaving it was suggested by AVM F F Inglis that he would be ideally suited to the vacant post of Director of Intelligence (Research). Having completed his mission to Portugal, he returned to London and was shortly afterwards promoted to Air Commodore and installed as DoI(R). He later became the Director of Intelligence and after the war he served in the Joint Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Defence until he retired for personal reasons.


Biography:
His Biography can be found at:
http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Vintras.htm

Roland married Ransome Bentley, Barbara Patricia on 5 Dec 1931 in Bombay, , Maharashtra, India. Barbara (daughter of Ransome Bentley, Ernest George) was born on 12 Dec 1910; died on 5 Mar 1999 in District Haywards Heath. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
First name(s) Barbara Patricia
Last name Ransome Bentley
Marriage year 1931
Marriage date 5 Dec 1931
Spouse's first name Roland Eugene De Treviers
Spouse's last name Vintras
Place Bombay
Presidency Bombay
Groom's age 23
Bride's age 20
Groom's father's first name George Charles Louis Bartler
Groom's father's last name Vintras
Bride's father's first name Ernest George
Bride's father's last name Ransome Bentley
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Bombay, 1709-1948, :
Archive reference N-3-146
Folio number 175
Entry number 443
Record set British India Office Marriages
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from United Kingdom, Overseas / Unknown
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