Albert Alexander Hughes

Memorial: Charfield - Wotton Road

Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment

Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal

Rank and number: Private 17778

Parents: George and Annie Hughes

Home address: Mill Road, Charfield

Date of birth: 1896

Place of birth: London Paddington/Marylebone

Date of death: 10/05/1915

Buried/Commemorated at: Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 24), Ypres, Belgium

Age: 19

Further information:

Albert served in “A” Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He died at the Second Battle of Ypres. He is commemorated along with his brother Harry Hughes on the Menin Gate Memorial (Panel 22 and 24). He has no known grave. He went missing and was never identified. He is buried on the battlefield according to a local soldier.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

Forces War Records