HUGHES James

  • First Name(s):
    James 
  • Surname:
    HUGHES
  • Service Number:
    241046
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    24th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    43
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Henry and Elizabeth Hughes, husband of Alice Jane Hughes, of The Knoll, Lower Broadheath, Worcester

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HUGHES James Is Named On These Memorials

Broadheath Christ Church WW1 War Memorial
Broadheath Village Hall WW1 Roll of Honour

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Broadheath Christ Church WW1 War Memorial with the information: Pte. Worc R. France.
Possibly also appears on Worcester Guildhall memorial as J. Hughes.

Further Information About HUGHES James

Resident Broadheath, Worcester, enlisted Worcester

Service No 244046 on Soldiers Died in the Great War.  There is no record of this casualty on the National Archives Medal Roll under either service no.

The following information was obtained from documents held at Worcestershire Archives:
Pte J. Hughes 1st/8th Worcestershire Regiment. Missing 24/4/17

A photograph of Private J. Hughes of Broadheath can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 2nd June 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

James Hughes has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.

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