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    Lt. Col. C.H.V. Pritchard, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Photo courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams

    Charles Hilary Vaughan Pritchard – Military Career

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    Brigadier Charles Hilary Vaughan Pritchard Military Career Commanding Officer of the 2nd Parachute Brigade. Awards: Distinguished Service Order (Greece 1944-45). Commander of the Royal Order of King George I with swords (Greece). Service Record Courtesy of generals.dk -...
    Lt. C.H.V. Pritchard, Royal Welsh Fusiliers c.1930. Photo courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams

    A Tribute to Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan

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    A TRIBUTE Brigadier C H V Vaughan In his foreword to The Red Beret (H. St. George Saunders’ story of the Parachute Regiment), the late Field Marshall Lord Montgomery said that the Parachutist’s...
    Portrait of Brigadier Charles Hilary Vaughan 1956. Photo courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams

    Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan Biog

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    Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan - Biography Charles Hilary Pritchard was born on October 29th, 1905. He was the son of Lt.-Col. Charles Hamerton Pritchard. His birth name was Charles Hilary Vaughan Pritchard, but...
    Newspaper Tribute to Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan of Nannau in 1976. Courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams

    Brigadier C.H.V. Vaughan – The London Times

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    BRIGADIER C.H.V. VAUGHAN The London Times - 30th March 1976 Brigadier Charles Hilary Vaughan Vaughan, DSO, DL, JP, late of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, died on March 28th at the age of 70....
    Susan Vaughan's Wedding in 1957. Photo courtesy of Philip Nanney Williams

    Susan Vaughan’s Wedding at Nannau

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    Susan Vaughan's Wedding at Nannau in 1957    
    Foel Offrwm Rock Cannon and Plas Nannau Hall

    Rock Cannon

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    As part of the twenty-first birthday 'coming of age' celebrations of Robert Williames Vaughan, 3rd Bart., on June 25th, 1824, the sound of ‘rock canon’ reverberated around Nannau and Dolgellau. At day-break, 21...
    Nannau Prayer Book

    Nannau Prayer Book

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    Nannau's Main Hall with Adams Staircase as it was in the 1980s

    Nannau – Post Vaughans

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    Nannau was in a terrible condition when it was bought by Edward A. Morrison III, D.F.C. in the 1960s...
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