Maj. Cecil Arthur VANDERZEE [5394]

  General Notes:

Local Commission's.
The London Gazette last night contains the following: Infantry third and fourth battalions the Manchester Regiment, the undermentioned gentleman to be second lieutenants. . . . . . Cecil Arthur Vanderzee dated 7th July.
Ref: Liverpool Mercury Saturday 16 July 1892.

Capt Cecil Arthur Vanderzee.
Army Service Record, 4th Bat. Lancashire Fusiliers, 1918 - 1921
Medical Certificate Nigeria 8 Jul 1916; had served 13 months residential service; now leaving Lagos 15 Jul 1916 with dysentery and impaired health; instructed to avoid chills and live quietly on the voyage back to England; noted Cecil had served in the Cameroons until being categorised 100% disabled.
Record of Service:-
2nd Lieut 7 July 1892 - 27 Oct 1893. 3rd Man. Reg.
Lieut 28 Oct 1893 - 28 Jul 1896. 3rd Man. Reg.
Capt 29 Jul 1896 - 16 Feb 1900. 3rd Man. Reg.
Capt 17 Feb 1900 - 7 Aug 1903. 5th Man. Reg.
Capt 29 Aug 1903 - 16 Jul 1910. 6th Lancashire Fusiliers.
PRO Ref WO339/20660. This file requires further perusal.

Local Commission's
Infantry. 3rd and 4th battalions Manchester Regiment. Lieutenant C. A Vanderzee to be Captain.
Ref: Liverpool Mercury Thursday 30 July 1896.

Imperial Yeomanry.
The undermentioned Volunteers officers are seconded for service with line battalions in South Africa: 5th & 6th Battalions the Manchester Regiment: Captain C. A Vanderzee
Ref: Manchester Times Friday 6 April 1900.

Miscellaneous War Notes.
The s.s. Manhattan is due to arrive in Southampton on October 15 with a number of officers and others returning from the front, among them being . . . . .Capt C.A. Vanderzee, of the 5th Manchester Regiment. . . .
Manchester Courier Monday, 23 September 1901.

Ref A2A Vanderzee ref to Cecil Arthur doing a Queens India Cadetship 1885 - 1899

Cecil Arthur Vanderzee Dec Qtr 1896 District Kensington MDX Vol 1a
Pg 270 - a marriage ? to search 2005

Great Britain Army War List Jan 1893, index to Officers on the active list: C A Vanderzee

Major C.A. Vanderzee, late of the Manchester Regiment (retired), has been gazetted Major in the 7th Lancashire Fusiliers. He is a son of the late Major-General Vanderzee, of Woodbury Park, Tunbridge Wells, and a brother-in-law of Mr R V Gower.
Kent and Sussex Courier Friday, 20 November 1914.

Capt C A Vanderzee sailed from Liverpool 29 May 1915 on the Haversville for Douala Cameroon.

A, G A Vanderzee served in WWI, first in 1915 on the Star Roll, as a Captain, then on the R&F Roll as a Major. His record card (on Ancestry) shows he served in the Lancashire Fusiliers, and the 41st Nigerian Reg. Coupled with the sailing details this person is assumed to be Cecil.

Capt C A Vanderzee sailed from Liverpool 1 Nov 1916 on the Abinsi for Lagos Nigeria.

Vanderzee - On Friday Oct 29th 1948, at 34 Hatherley Grove, W.2. Major Cecil Arthur Vanderzee, late Lancashire Fusiliers, youngest son of the late Maj. Gen. F H Vanderzee Madras Staff Corps. aged 75.
Ancestry 2011.

Vanderzee Cecil Arthur of 34 Hatherley-grove Bayswater London W2 died 29 Oct 1948. Administration London 17 November 1948 to Mabel Schultz Vanderzee widow
Effects L575 17s 7d
National Probate Calendar

  Research Notes:

1800
India Office Records
Catalogue Ref. IOR
Records of the Military Department
Entry to the military, medical and nursing services of the East India Company's Army (1753-1861) and the Indian Army (1861-1940)
Queen's and King's India Cadetships
FILE - Queen's India Cadetships: register of candidates - ref. IOR/L/MIL/9/300 - date: 1885-1899
item: Vanderzee , Cecil Arthur - ref. IOR/L/MIL/9/300/124 [n.d.]
To find out more about the archives described below, contact British Library, Oriental and India Office Collections <http://www.hmc.gov.uk/archon/searches/locresult.asp?LR=59>
A2A

Vanderzee C A 492 Army

It has been assumed that this entry refers to C A Vanderzee
Name: G A Vanderzee
Military Year: 1914-1915
Rank: Captain
Medal Awarded: 1914-15 Star
Regiment or Corps: Nigeria Regiment - West Africa Frontier Force
Sub Unit: 4th Battalion
Previous Units: Lancs. Fus.

  Other Records

1. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, No 3 Lordship Lane St John Camberwell. Cecil is recorded as a son aged 7 born Bayswater

2. Census: England, 2 Apr 1911, 50 Coweragh Rd W Kensington LND. Cecil is recorded as a visitor aged 37 13 years married late Capt 4th Bat Lancashire Fusiliers born Kensington LON

Cecil married Mabel Schultz CASE [5608] [MRIN: 3134], daughter of Robert CASE [33765] and Suzannah BEALE [5706], on 21 Nov 1896 in St Barnabus Kensington LND. (Mabel Schultz CASE [5608] was born in Liverpool Lancashire, baptised on 21 Oct 1871 in St Margaret Toxteth Park LAN and died Jan Qtr 1963 in Hammersmith LND.)

  Marriage Notes:

This marriage date is unproven