Robert Ernest Vaughan
Commander (retired) Robert Ernest Vaughan, R.N. (12 October, 1873 – c. 21 April, 1937) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Vaughan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1895
Vaughan was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 12 October, 1911.
Vaughan was promoted to the rank of Commander on 12 October, 1913.
On 12 September, 1914, Vaughan was discharged to Chatham Hospital with gastro-enteritis. On 26 April, 1916, he was deemed unfit, suffering fron neuritis.
On 3 May 1917, there was a Court of Enquiry into his admiinistration of Southend [illeg] Service. It was determined that his work showed a lack of consideration for the interests of his subordinates.
Vaughan gave up his role at Southend and reverted to the Retired List on 30 May, 1917. In DEcember 1918, he was granted permission to proceed abroad to the South of France. In the 1920s, this was altered to Spain.
Vaughan's 1937 death appears to be mysterious. His brother, Genreral E. Vaughan, informed the Admiralty that Robert disappeared in April of 1937 from a hotel in Rapallo, Italy. A skeleton was found on 4 November in woods near Caraveggio Mountain whose clothes and effects caused them to be identified as those of Robert Vaughan. It was supposed that he had been returning from a shrine to Rapallo when he had taken ill. His death certificate listed his date of death as being "on or about" 21 April.[1]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by John P. Irven |
Captain of H.M.S. Robin 22 Dec, 1903 – mid 1906 |
Succeeded by Colpoys C. Walcott |
| Preceded by Frederick B. Noble |
Captain of H.M.S. Moorhen 8 May, 1906[2] – 16 Jan, 1908 |
Succeeded by Colpoys C. Walcott |
| Preceded by Maurice Woollcombe |
Captain of H.M.S. Brilliant Aug, 1914[3] – 12 Sep, 1914 |
Succeeded by Harold Christian |
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