I can't seem to find a serif font like this which connects. Can anyone identify it please?

Elegant  Suggested by Heron2001 
Surveyor  Suggested by Heron2001 

Elegant Italic seems to have the V

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/cbx-jukebox/eloquent-jf-pro/italic/glyphs.html

but not the rest of the letters, only "similar" ones.

The elour - seems to be Hoefler & Jones's font Surveyor Italic

give it a try here: https://try.typography.com/?font=100049