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Photostat copies of a loyal address presented by the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the borough of Denbigh to King George V and Queen Mary, 16 July 1920 [on the occasion of their visit to the district to open the sanatorium at Llangwyfan], and of the royal reply thereto. The address is in Welsh and the reply in English.

Items relating to Arthur Owen Vaughan's military career, comprising:
Two 'mentioned in despatches' notifications , 8 November 1918 and 16 March 1919 , the first addressed to Major (Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel) A. O. Vaughan of the Labour Corps (61st Group), the second addressed to Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel A. O. Vaughan, D.S.O. of the Labour Corps, both notifications signed (reproduced signature) by Winston Churchill, then Secretary of State for War.

Statement signed (reproduced signature) by King George V acknowledging those killed in the First World War.

Commemorative scroll acknowledging those who died in the First World War, with the added inscription 'Lieut. Colo. Arthur Owen Vaughan, D.S.O., O.B.E., D.C.M. Northumberland Fusiliers'.

Proclamation of George V, dated 1 January 1919, conferring the honour of Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on Arthur Owen Vaughan.

Application form, dated (posthumously) 11 December 1919 and completed in the hand of Arthur Owen Vaughan, for the honour of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Military Division).
Proclamation of George V, dated 3 June 1919, conferring the honour of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Military Division) upon Arthur Owen Vaughan.

The senders include Bob Boothby, 1967, Winston S. Churchill (4), 1954-1963, King George V, 1931, and Jan Smuts, 1950.

An interleaved album compiled by W. P. Elwy Jones and lettered 'The Book of Centuries', containing mounted pencil drawings and press cuttings of drawings, etc., illustrating British history from pre-Roman times to the reign of George V.