Private Percy Edward Vaughan Plaque

This bronze plaque is dedicated to the memory of Private Percy Edward Vaughan. He was born in June 1893 at Kars, but was raised in Manotick. He died in February 1918, and is buried in the Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery Extension between Lens and Bethune, France.

Inscription

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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
PRIVATE PERCY EDWARD VAUGHAN
243RD BATT. C.E.F.
KILLED IN ACTION AT LENS IN FRANCE
FEBRUARY 22ND 1918
AGED 24 YEARS
“GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT
A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS” – ST. JOHN 15C, 13V
ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS

Cette plaque de bronze est dédiée à la mémoire du soldat Percy Edward Vaughan. Né en juin 1893 à Kars, Percy Vaughn a grandi à Manotick. Mort en février 1918, il est enterré en France, dans l’annexe du cimetière communal de Mazingarbe, village situé entre Lens et Béthune.

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.