Charles James Hughes
Memorial: Hallen - Hallen Road
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 9987
Parents: Charlotte Hughes
Home address: Sampsons Farm, Hallen
Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer for Mr Arthur Weaver
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Tytherington
Date of death: 09/10/1915
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Lapugnoy Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Commemorated at Hallen Road Memorial
Age: 19
Further information:
Charles was born in Tytherington and he and his single mother became pauper inmates at Thornbury Union Workhouse. He was left there orphaned and was educated and lived in the workhouse until he reached working age. In 1910 at the age of 14, he went to work at Sampsons Farm for Mr Arthur Weaver.
Charles joined the 1st Battalion, Gloucester Regiment in July 1914, a month before the outbreak of war. In August his battalion mobilised for war and landed at Havre where the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, The Battle of the Marne and the First Battle of Ypres. In May 1915 Charles was at Sampsons Farm for nearly a month on sick leave, as he had no other home. He returned to the front and died in hospital on the 9th October 1915, from wounds received the previous night during The Battle of Loos (25 September – 8 October 1915) which was a German victory at a cost of 59,000 casualties.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/