| Lieutenant-Colonel Ernest Vaux |
| The Times |
| Wednesday 25 Nov 1925 |
LIEUT. COLONEL ERNEST VAUXLieutenant-Colonel Ernest Vaux, of Brettonby Manor, Barton, Yorkshire, died on Saturday in a nursing home at the age of 60. He was, at one time, a partner in the firm of C. Vaux and Sons, brewers, Sunderland, which was founded in 1837 by Mr. Cuthbert Vaux. When the business was incorporated as a limited company in 1896, he became a director.He had long been a keen Volunteer, and when the South African war broke out, he had attained the rank of Major in the Durham Artillery Volunteers. He volunteered for active service, and went out with the 5th Imperial Yeomanry, taking part in various operations, including the actions at Lindley, Rhenoster River, and Ruidam, between July 1900, and June 1901. He was mentioned in dispatches and received the D.S.O. Having been promoted Leutenant-Colonel Commanding 7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he served in the Great War from 1914 to 1916, and was twice mentioned in dispatches and made C.M.G. Colonel Vaux was one of the first to interest himself in the Boy Scout movement, and he formed a troop at Sunderland. He married Emily, daughter of Mr. H. Moon-Ord, and had two sons and two daughters. |