Adler H G V Major Royal Garrison Artillery
ADLER, HARRY GEORGE VERGOT-TINI, Major, R.G.A., eldest s. of WilliamHenry Adler, of 66, Gloucester Crescent, Regent’s Park, N.W., by his wife, Cecilia, dau. of George Vergottini; b. at Winburg, South Africa; educ. Army House, Neunheim College, and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, but resigned after two years to study Mining and Metallurgy at the School of Mines, South Kensington, subsequently becoming a member of the Institutes of Civil Engineers and of Mining and Metallurgy, and held important positions in South Africa, Canada and Australia; returned to England in 1915; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. R.G.A.; was promoted Capt. in 1916, and Major 6 June, 1917; served with the Expeditionary Force in France from May, 1916, and was killed in action at Ypres 21 June, 1917. He m. at St. Mary Abbot’s, South Kensington, S.W., Ruby, yst. dau. of the late Edmund Escombe.
Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 5