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- 1918-1919 (Creation)
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1 envelope
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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.
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Arranged roughly chronologically.
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- English
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Order of the British Empire application form: Tear along vertical fold and small tear to right-hand edge.
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Vaughan had been awarded the DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal) while serving in the Boer War (1899-1902) and the DSO (Distinguished Service Order) in the 1919 New Year Honours.
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'The Labour Corps was a British Army unit formed in 1917 [to recruit] manual and skilled labour on the Western Front and Salonika during the First World War.' (Wikipedia)
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The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, first established in 1674, was, by the time of the First World War, the second largest infantry regiment of the British Army. (Wikipedia (paraphrased))