Name: Lionel Ernest Queripel VC
Date of birth: 13 July 1920
Place of birth: Winterborne Monkton, Dorset, England
Nationality: British
Date of death: 19 September 1944
Place of death: Arnhem, Netherlands
Service No: 108181
Unit(s): 2nd Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment; 10th Battalion,
Parachute Regiment
Rank: Captain
Burial: Oosterbeek War Cemetery, Netherlands
Memorials: Marlborough College; Chichester Cathedral, in Tunbridge
Wells, where a road bears his name; church at Winterborne Monkton;
10th Battalion Memorial in Somerby, near Melton Mowbray.
Medals and awards: Victoria Cross, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Italy
Star, France and Germany Star, War Medal 1939-45
Education & Employment: Marlborough College; Royal Military
College, Sandhurst.