John Charles Hughes (1875-1917)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- HUGHES, JOHN CHARLES. Private. No 38430. 7th Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment. Born Mexborough 15.8.1875. Son of Charles Edward and Emily Hughes, 98 Lockwood Road, Huddersfield. Educated Garden Street Board School, Mexborough. Employed as a tramcar cleaner by the Huddersfield Corporation Tramways Department at the Great Northern Street Depot. Single. Enlisted 23.3.1916. Died of bronchitis at Rouen Base Hospital, 31.1.1917, aged 41 years. Buried St. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION. Grave location:- Block O, Plot 4, Row H, Grave 1.
- ROH:- Rashcliffe United Methodist Church; St. Stephen's Church, Rashcliffe; memorial in Lockwood Cemetery.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private HUGHES
- regiment: Yorkshire Regiment
- died: Wednesday, January 31, 1917
- record ID: 518530
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #518530)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #2011946)