HUGHES Walter James

  • First Name(s):
    Walter 
    James 
  • Surname:
    HUGHES
  • Service Number:
    241654
  • 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:
    22
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, France, Grave I. A. 26.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Alice Jane Hughes, of The Knoll, Broadheath, Worcestershire

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HUGHES Walter James Is Named On These Memorials

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

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Broadheath Christ Church WW1 War Memorial as W. Hughes with the information: Pte. Worc R. France.
Broadheath Village Hall WW1 Roll of Honour as W. Hughes.
Hallow School as Walter James Hughes.

Further Information About HUGHES Walter James

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

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

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