The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private G A Vaughan

Photographs by "Sheilia W"

Private George Arthur VAUGHAN, 6881, 10th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, 28th June 1918.

Born West Malling, Kent, son of Oliver & Ann Maria Vaughan

1911 Census - West Malling, Kent - Ann Maria Vaughan, head, age 54, widow, 6 children, all still alive, born Westerham, Kent; George Arthur Vaughan, son, age 23, single, butchers Assistant, worker, born West Malling, Kent; Frank Charles Vaughan, son, age 21, single, gardener domestic, worker, born West Malling, Kent; Oliver Vaughan, son, age 19, single, chemist assistant, worker, born West Malling, Kent; John Richard Vaughan, son, age 12, school, born West Malling, Kent.

Enlisted, Maidstone, age 28, height 5ft 5½ inches, weight 112lbs, ???? artificial teeth. Resided 3 Churchfields, West Malling, Kent. Formerly butcher / groom / gardener.

Home 28th May 1915 to 2nd May 1916; BEF 3rd May 1916 to 25th August 1916; Home 26th August 1916 to 8th February 1917.

28th May 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 28th May 1915, posted 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment;

6th November 1915, Wye, Kent, George Arthur Vaughan, married Hilda Mary Cheesman, spinster;

3rd May 1916, posted BEF; 3rd May 1916, Southampton, embarked; 4th May 1916, Havre, disembarked; 24th June 1916, 1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, soft chancre; 25th June 1916, Boulogne, 1 Convalescent Depot; 26th June 1916, Havres, 1 Convalescent Depot Boulogne to General Hospital; 27th June 1916, Havres, Exams Hospital to 9 Stationary Hospital, NYD; 11th August 1916, from 39 General Hospital to No.4.Convalescent Depot; 25th August 1916, transferred to England ex No.4.Convalescent Depot; 26th August 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 26th August 1916 to 28th November 1916, Southern General Hospital, Bristol, Tubercular Testicle; 13th December 1916 to 18th December 1916, Fort Pitt, Chatham, acute bronchitis; 18th December 1916 to 5th January 1917, VAD Malling; 5th January 1917, Fort Pitt, Chatham, Tubercule of lung.

8th February 1917, discharged, no longer physically fit for War Service; age 29 years & 7 months, height 5ft 6 inches, fair complexion, fair hair, trade butcher.

18th January 1917, Medical Board, Chatham, Kent - June 1916, noticed swelling & pain in right testicle, Removed in Hospital in France, Evacuated England August 26th 16 in hospital till November 18th 1916. Went on furlough & went sick with cough & pain in the chest. Re-admitted to hospital & in hospital since, Thin & wasted. Consolidation massed ???? heart action rapid. Pulmonary axill T13preseny in sputum. Not caused but aggravated by active service conditions. Permanent. Total incapacity for 6 months then uncertain. Tubercule of lung.

31st January 1917, pension of 20/- a week for 6 months, conditional.

17th February 1917, discharged as ""no longer physically fit for War Service" due to sickness, Silver War Badge issued.

4th July 1917, Pension of 13/9 a week awarded.

24th January 1921, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Hilda Mary Vaughan, 69 Denmark Street, Folkestone, Kent; no children; Father, no Father living; Mother, Ann Maria Vaughan, 3 Churchfields, West Malling, Kent; Brothers - Frank C Vaughan, age 31, 11 Cromwell Mews, South Kensington, SE7; Charles G Vaughan, age 28, 6 Salisbury Road, Dover; John R Vaughan, age 22, 51 Carisbrooke Road, Walthamstow, E17; Sisters - Louisa A Usmar, age 35? 5 Churchfields, West Malling, Kent.

Buried at Wye, Saints Gregory and Martin Churchyard, Near Old West Wall, Wye, Kent.

NOTE: Not included in Regimental History or Soldiers Died in the Great War but shown on CWGC web site.

This page was last updated on 20-Dec-2022.