Remembering Today

[Terry Denham]

I'll let Will post the usual details but below is Pte Vaughan's grave.

[Myrtle]

Here are the 1881 details for Percy when he was 11 years old.

At the time of the 1881 census he was living at 8, Red Lion Square, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffs. There were twenty other people at the same address at that time. His father Alfred was a Draper and many of Percy's aunts were milliners and his uncle was a woollen draper. He had two brothers and two sisters. There were also a number of drapers, milliners and apprentices living at the same address which indicates that Alfred had a rather successful business. There were also three servants.

Percy's paternal grandmother also lived with the family and as she was born in Guildford, unlike the rest of the family, it may explain Percy's unusual middle name.

[chrisharley9]

His attestation papers can be found here

[Will O'Brien]

As per CWGC

Name: VAUGHAN, PERCY GUILDFORD

Initials: P G

Nationality: Canadian

Rank: Private

Regiment: Canadian Army Service Corps

Age: 48

Date of Death: 28/02/1918

Service No: 475228

Additional information: Son of Alfred and Mary McKee Vaughan of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: L. D. O17.

Cemetery: HASTINGS CEMETERY (Sussex)

[Will O'Brien]

& the cemetery details

Cemetery: HASTINGS CEMETERY (Sussex)

Country: United Kingdom

Locality: Sussex

Historical Information: There are 176 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-18 war here, 2 being unidentified sailors of the Royal Navy. There are a further 69 burials of the 1939-45 war here. Those whose graves are not marked by headstones are named on a Screen Wall Memorial. There are 9 Foreign National war burials and 4 non-war service burials here.

No. of Identified Casualties: 256