Ancestral Trails 2016 » Edward John VAUGHAN (1895-< 1916)

Personal data Edward John VAUGHAN 

• Alternative name: John (also known as / alias)
• He was born on August 15, 1895 in Sevenoaks, Kent.
• He was baptized on October 6, 1895 in St Mary's, Seal, Kent.
• Occupations:
• in the year 1901 in Scholar.Source 1
• in Gardener at Yaldham Manor.
• in the year 1911 in Working in Garden.
• He died before March 9, 1916 in Killed by rifle grenade at the Front.Source 2
• A child of John VAUGHAN and Elizabeth RANGER

Household of Edward John VAUGHAN

Notes about Edward John VAUGHAN

1901 aged 5, living at High Street, Seal with parents, Lizzie and John Vaughan, and family. 1911 aged 15, living at Box Cottages, Kemsing with parents, John and Lizzie Vaughan, and two siblings. Re - Edward J Vaughan Dear Patricia, Here is the information which is to be included about Edward John Vaughan in our book. I hope you find it interesting. I do have a very poor photocopy of a picture of him which I will try and scan and send to you. Kemsing’s next casualty happened shortly afterwards in March 1916. Edward John VAUGHAN was born in Seal on 15th August 1895 and baptised in St. Mary’s on 6th October 1895. I know that he attended Kemsing School and that his parents’ addresses were variously given as Rose Cottages, and Box House Cottages. After he left school, Edward worked in the gardens at Yaldham Manor for Mrs Goldsworthy. He enlisted early in the war into the 6th Bn. of the QORWK’s. He was killed on 9th March 1916. A newspaper article relates his death as follows: ‘Private Edward John Vaughan, son of Mr & Mrs Vaughan of Box Cottages has been killed by a rifle grenade at the front. Writing to Mrs Vaughan Lieut. H.C. Haines, commanding his Company, said that Private Vaughan was doing noble service, repelling a bombing attack when he fell. He was buried in the crater and a cross will shortly be erected. ‘I trust’ writes the Lieutenant’ that your grief will be mitigated by the knowledge that he stood high in the estimation of the officers and men of his Company and that he met his death in the attempt to do his best in a great cause’ Company Sgt. Major S. Harris also wrote expressing his deep sympathy on behalf of the NCO’s and men of the company and remarking that the deceased was admired by all his comrades’. I do wonder how many hundreds of times these two men had to write such letters to devastated parents and I do hope that Mrs Vaughan found some comfort in the words – as her husband John died on 10th April 1916, just a few days after his son. I cannot help but think that the news of the death of his son must have hastened his end, especially as he was only 55 at the time that this happened. I believe that the family had another son, Leslie Charles, born in 1904, but sadly he died on 4th June 1933 aged only 29. Their mother Lizzie died shortly afterwards on 21st September 1933 aged 73. Incidentally, although the officer who wrote said that they would erect a cross to Edward Vaughan, this and his body must have been later destroyed as he is only remembered on the Loos memorial and has no known grave. He was just 20 when he died. Best wishes, Janet

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