I have a William Arthur Vigar born 1896 of Arthur Edward & Edith Evelyn (née Evershed) in Brighton.
In 1911 the family were living in 22 Richmond Road, Brighton with Arthur being shown as a metal turner. The property is an ordinary terraced house.
There is a Medal Record Index Card for William Arthur:
Name: VIGAR, William Arthur
Corps: R.F.A. (T)
Rank: Gnr
Regtl No: 2420, 900900
Date: 17-3-22
Remarks: On R.IF. R. (T.F.) RFA/102a/268
apptd. Comm. ?.A. 15-11-18
NW/4/8768
Which suggests that he didn't serve overseas (no actual medals) but may have enlisted before the outbreak of war (Territorial Force).
Confirming the remarks on the MRIC there is a London Gazette entry:
Date: 29 April 1919
Page: 5353
The KING has approved the grant of the temporary rank of 2nd Lieut. in the Indian Army to the following gentlemen:-
William Arthur Vigar
There is a probate record:
VIGAR William Arthur of 22 Richmond-road Brighton second lieutenant 120th Infantry died 26 October 1920 at Queen Alexandra Military Hospital Middlesex Administration London 22 February to Arthur Edward Vigar mechanical engineer. Effects £505 8s. 7d.
There is a record on the Roll of Honour website that shows:
VIGAR, William Arthur Lieutenant, Indian Army. Regiment unknown. Died after the war in Millbank Hospital after discharge 27th October 1920. Aged 24. Son of the Rev. & Mrs A.E. Vigar of St Saviours Vicarage, 22 Richmond Road, Brighton. Buried in Brighton Bear Road Cemetery. (Private burial)
Can anyone explain how the son of a working class engineer who enlisted as a gunner and didn't serve overseas, came to be granted a commission in the Indian Army, who then died in a military hospital in England despite having been discharged from the forces and whose engineer father seems to have been transformed into a Vicar living at an address that doesn't match the address of St Saviour's church which was actually to be found a mile and a half away on the Ditchling Road?