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John Lang VOGWELL
Abt 1876 - 1918 (~ 42 years)
Has 10 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name John Lang VOGWELL Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1876 Preston, Lancashire, England 
- From the 1881 census where shown as aged 5
GRO ref: VOGWILL, John Lang q2 1876 Preston 8e 593; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as AGGETT
Gender Male Education 1881 Preston, Lancashire, England Scholar Hobby / Interest Hoghton, Lancashire, England Bell ringing - (Source: his death is recorded in the book recording bell ringers who died in World War One.)
CCCBR website page
Book page with John's name on the CCCBR website
Occupation From 1891 to 1911 Hoghton, Lancashire, England Gardener (domestic) - An apprentice at the time of the 1891 census.
Living with his parents at the time of both the 1891 and 1901 censuses, so these censuses don't show where / for whom he was working.
Residence 1911 Chapel Lane, Hoghton, Lancashire, England - Living in a six room house with his wife
Military Service to 13 Feb 1918 Royal Army Medical Corps in WW1 - Private in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 32nd Stat. Hospital
Died 13 Feb 1918 near, Mombasa, Kenya - The CWGC entry for John show that he is remembered on the Mombasa British Memorial. This is in the Mombasa (Mbaraki) Cemetery, a civil cemetery but with a number of war graves.
However, those whose names appear on the Memorial are not buried there, rather all of them "died and were buried at sea off the East African coast".
I don't know if John killed or injured on a ship which was attacked, and maybe damaged or sunk, or whether he was travelling to a land posting, or working for the medical needs of those on the ship. He could, like some others in the Medical Corps, have died of disease, possibly of disease contracted as a result of contact with other sick soldiers.
Six others remembered on the Memorial died between 12 Feb and 20 Feb, 5 from South African forces and one from the Army Service Corps.
CWGC entry War Memorial Aft 1918 Mombasa British Memorial, Mombasa, Kenya Siblings1 brother and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William VOGWELL, b. Est 1720, d. Nov 1789, Whitchurch, Devon, England (Age ~ 69 years) (3 x Great Grandfather) 
Emma AGGETT, b. Dec Q 1844, Chagford, Devon, England, d. Mar Q 1918, Chorley Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 74 years) (Mother) Person ID I12975 All Last Modified 27 Jul 2024
Father John VOGWELL, b. Mar Q 1844, Lamerton, Devon, England , d. 23 Feb 1917, Chorley Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 73 years) Mother Emma AGGETT, b. Dec Q 1844, Chagford, Devon, England , d. Mar Q 1918, Chorley Reg Dist, Lancashire, England (Age ~ 74 years) Married Mar Q 1871 Plymouth Reg Dist, Devon, England - GRO ref: Aggett, Emma TO Vogwill, John q1 1871 Plymouth RD 5b 442
Family ID F4857 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Georgiana DYE, b. Abt 1882, Buxton with Lamas, Norfolk, England , d. 29 Jul 1958, Norwich Outer Reg Dist, Norfolk, England (Age ~ 76 years) Married Sep Q 1906 Chorley Reg Dist, Lancashire, England - GRO ref: Dye, Georgiana TO Vogwill, John Lang q3 1906 Chorley RD 8e 1189
No Vogwill births were registered 1906-1919 outside of Devon so it appears that John and Georgiana had no children; the 1911 census confirms they had had no children up to that date.
Last Modified 27 Nov 2017 Family ID F5689 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1881 census where shown as aged 5
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Born - Abt 1876 - Preston, Lancashire, England 
Education - Scholar - 1881 - Preston, Lancashire, England 
War Memorial - Aft 1918 - Mombasa British Memorial, Mombasa, Kenya = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install) Pin Legend 
