Vaughan, William Michael

The Vaughan family estate of Courtfield was situated in Welsh Bicknor, which is now in Herefordshire, but was formerly in Monmouthshire. The family was closely involved with the Monmouthshire Militia and its successor regiments from the mid nineteenth century, with four generations serving as officers, and two being Commanding Officers.

John Francis Vaughan joined the Royal Monmouthshire Militia as a Captain in 1836, and was promoted to Major in 1847. Alongside Lt Col Clifford, he played a major part in the reformation of the militia as the Royal Monmouthshire Light Infantry in the early 1850s, and became Lt. Col. and Commanding Officer of the Regiment in 1853, a position he held until his retirement in 1877.

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