Albert Fletcher Hughes
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: London Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Rifleman 318233
Parents: Thomas Sidney and Celia A Hughes
Home address: Albert Cottage or Rose Cottage (now the Anchorage), Pearces Hill, Frenchay, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Factory Hand
Date of birth: 1889
Place of birth: St Werburghs, Bristol
Date of death: 28/03/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Arras War Memorial (Bay 9), France
Age: 28
Further information:
Albert Fletcher Hughes was born in 1889 at St Werburghs. His father, Thomas Sidney Hughes was a file cutter at the Iron Works. Albert attended Frenchay Village School. He left school in 1903 at the age of 14 years and became a factory hand
Albert Fletcher Hughes served with the "C" Company, 1st/5th Battalion, London Rifle Brigade. He was Killed in Action on 28 March 1918 in France and is remembered on the Arras Memorial (Bay 9), France
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Frenchay Village Museum and Forces War Records