Vred Communal Cemetery
Historical Information (Source: Canadian military file)
Vred Communal Cemetery contains one Commonwealth grave of the First World War.
Private Griffith John VAUGHAN - 6391 - 1st Bn. Canadian Infantry - Died 18 October 1918 Age 36
Griffith Vaughan, here sitting on his horse, signed up for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on the 20th September 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec. Born on the 18th October 1882 in Wrexham, North Wales. He was a ‘Core maker’ and had previously served 3 years in the Manchester Regiment in the UK.
He was 5 feet 7 inches tall, his complexion was dark, his eyes brown and his hair was black, he had tattoos on both arms. He was considered to be fit for service on the 31st August 1914. He became Private 6391 in the 1st Battalion of the Canadian Infantry, part of the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force. His Unit sailed for Europe on the 3rd October 1914.
April 27, 1915 he was admitted to Roy Herbert Hospital, Woolwich with a gunshot wound to his left calf. On the 29th June 1915 he was discharged to sick furlough. June 13, 1916 he was wounded near Ypres, sent to Boulogne for one day and then admitted to 2nd So. General Hospital Bristol on the 16th June 1916. He had shrapnel wounds in his right hand, shoulder and hip. There is a note in his records that stated “Operative wounds healed. Successful. Shrapnel not removed General Condition Good.” He was discharged from there on the 18th July 1916 and sent to a convalescent Hospital in Bearwood, Wokingham and from there to Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe, Folkstone. There his case was examined by a Standing Medical Board on the 25th July 1916 which concluded “All superficial wounds healed. No disability.” He eventually rejoined the war in France in August 1918 and was killed in action in October 1918.
