Name
Guy Carleton Vaughan
9 March 1890
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
20/07/1916
26
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Devonshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
III.G.0
France
Headstone Inscription
None
UK & Other Memorials
Woolmer Green War Memorial, St Mary the Virgin Roll of Honour, Welwyn, St Michael & All Angels Church Memorial (paper sheet), Woolmer Green, St Michael & All Angels Church Window, Woolmer Green, Individual Plaque, St John's Church, Staplegrove, Somerset
Pre War
Guy Carleton Vaughan was born 9 March 1890 in Taunton, Somerset only son of Alexander Henry and Margaret Jessie Vaughan and was baptised on 11 April 1890 in Staplegrove, Somerset although they were living in the parish of St Mary Magdelene, Taunton at the time.
His father was a Colonel in the 11th Devonshire Regiment. On the 1891 Census, one year old Guy and his parents were living at Waterslade House in Taunton Deane (now a Grade II listed building) with 3 servants, his father having retired from the regiment. They had moved to Battledown Priors, Cheltenham by 1901.
Guy joined the Devonshire Regiment, graduated as a 2nd Lieutenant on 14 September 1910 and by the time of the 1911 Census was with his regiment in Malta. He was promoted and listed as 2nd Lieutenant in October 1912.
He married Marie Louise Vaughan on Thursday 15 July 1915 at St Michael and all Angels, Woolmer Green. She was the only child of Mr and Mrs R Clifton Vaughan of The Cottage, Woolmer Green (a newspaper report in the Hertfordshire Mercury listed all the guests and presents received).
Wartime Service
Guy was a serving soldier at the outbreak of war and was sent to France on 6 November 1914, being promoted to Lieutenant in 1915, later rising to Captain.
He was killed in action on 20 July 1916 during the battle of Delville Wood, Longeuval, France part of the larger Battle of the Somme. After the war his body was initially recovered as an unidentified Devon Regiment Captain, but later identified and buried in Quarry Cemetery, Montauban, France.
Additional Information
His widow received a war gratuity of £57 and pay owing of £15 14s 5d. She was also granted probate of his estate on 31 August 1916 with effects of £188. Her address was given as The Cottage, Woolmer Green, Hertfordshire.
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper, Brenda Palmer
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