WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name William Hughes
Regiment 3/4th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 73010
Military Cemetery/Memorial Tyne Cot Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 63-65
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action in France aged 29 yrs, 31st October 1918.
Biographical Details Known William was the son of Peter and Mary Jane Hughes of Church Cottages nr Red Lion Hotel, Northop. This was an old Northop family. Peter, the father had been born in Northop and he worked for most of his life as an agricultural labourer although by 1901 he was a self employed woodman.
Mary Jane Hughes was Peter's second wife. His first wife Ann died in 1879. Peter fathered at least 10 children altogether. (Sarah, Catherine, Martha, Thomas, Arthur, Daniel, John, Annie, James and the youngest -William Hughes). There was also at least one stepson -Henry Pritchard.
William served in the army for two and a half years in Egypt as well as France.
William, is commemorated on a family gravestone in Northop churchyard as follows
Regiment 3/4th Btn Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Service Rank and Number Lance Corporal 73010
Military Cemetery/Memorial Tyne Cot Memorial
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial Panel 63-65
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium
Medals Awarded
Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in Action in France aged 29 yrs, 31st October 1918.
Biographical Details Known William was the son of Peter and Mary Jane Hughes of Church Cottages nr Red Lion Hotel, Northop. This was an old Northop family. Peter, the father had been born in Northop and he worked for most of his life as an agricultural labourer although by 1901 he was a self employed woodman.
Mary Jane Hughes was Peter's second wife. His first wife Ann died in 1879. Peter fathered at least 10 children altogether. (Sarah, Catherine, Martha, Thomas, Arthur, Daniel, John, Annie, James and the youngest -William Hughes). There was also at least one stepson -Henry Pritchard.
William served in the army for two and a half years in Egypt as well as France.
William, is commemorated on a family gravestone in Northop churchyard as follows
Ann
The Beloved wife of
Peter Hughes
died Nov 5th 1879
Aged 39
Also the above Peter Hughes
who died May 8th 1921
Aged 83 years
Also William Hughes
killed in action in France
Nov 1st 1918 aged 30 years
Also Mary Jane wife of above
Peter Hughes
Died Nov 9th 1926
Aged 74
The Beloved wife of
Peter Hughes
died Nov 5th 1879
Aged 39
Also the above Peter Hughes
who died May 8th 1921
Aged 83 years
Also William Hughes
killed in action in France
Nov 1st 1918 aged 30 years
Also Mary Jane wife of above
Peter Hughes
Died Nov 9th 1926
Aged 74