Hughes, Patrick (Paddy)

Age: 27
Date of birth: 6th September 1887

Parents: Patrick and Julia Hughes (nee O'Connell)
Wife: Single
Address: 19 Crompton Street

Occupation: Building Trade

Patrick was born in Warwick on 6th September 1887. In 1901, aged 13, he was living at 19 Crompton Street with his father also Patrick, his mother Julia and a younger sister by two years Theresa. His father was a general labourer and his mother a nurse.

leven children had been born but only 5 were still living in 1911. There was an an older brother John, born in 1879 and a sister Ellen, born in 1880.

Patrick senior died in 1908 aged 57. In 1911 Patrick’s mother was living at 6 Northgate Street working as a sick nurse.

 

Julia died in 1927 aged 72.

Military Service

Rank & Number: Rifleman, 12889
Regiment/Service: 6th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
Brigade/Division: 38th Brigade, 13th (Western) Division
Date of death: Tuesday, August 10, 1915
Cause of death/Battle: Killed in Action - Battle of Sari Bair, Gallipoli campaign
Commemorated/Buried: Helles Memorial, Turkey
Awards: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Commemorated locally at:

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