The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal H C Vaughan

Inscription -

HE DIED AS HE LIVED

NOBLE & HONOURABLE

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Lance Corporal Henry Charles VAUGHAN, G/16089, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1917, age 19.

Born St Pancras, London, son of George Henry & Emily Ann Vaughan, 36, Selborne Road, Ilford, Essex.

1911 Census - 36, Selborne Road, Ilford, Essex - George Henry Vaughan, head, age 65, married, fish merchant, employer, City of London, born City of London, (parish not known); Emily Ann Vaughan, wife, age 57, married 20 years, 2 children, both still alive; born Bloomsbury; Olga Emily Vaughan, daughter, age 16, single, student, born St Pancras; Henry Charles Vaughan, son, age 13, school, born St Pancras.

Enlisted Whitehall, SW, age 19, height 5ft 7¼ inches, weight 122lbs, scar left of neck. Resided 36 Selborne Road, Ilford, Middlesex. Formerly clerk.

Home, 16th June 1916 to 2nd October 1916; BEF, 3rd October 1916 to 9th April 1917.

16th June 1916, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd June 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd October 1916, embarked; 3rd October 1916, Infantry Base Depot; 17th October 1916, joined Battalion; 10th January 1917, appointed unpaid Lance Corporal.

7th April 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, George Henry Vaughan, 36, Selborne Road, Ilford, Essex; Mother, Emily Ann Vaughan, 36, Selborne Road, Ilford, Essex; Brothers - none; Sisters - Olga Emily Vaughan, age 24, 36, Selborne Road, Ilford, Essex; Grandparent, none; Nephews / Nieces, none; Uncles / Aunts, none.

Buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, III. J. 6., Wancourt, Pas de Calais, France.

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