George Hughes

History while in the forces

Feb 1915: left for France with draft to 6th Battalion King's Liverpool Regiment
Mar 1915: wounded and sent to hospital in France
Apr 1915: re-joined Unit
May 1915: wounded the second time - bullet in thigh - and sent to Gower Street Hospital, London
Jul 1915: re-joined Reserve Battalion at Blackpool
Nov 1915: gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 9th Shropshire Light Infantry
Sep 1916: left again for France
Mar 1917: wounded the third time - shrapnel wound in arm - sent to hospital in Manchester
Jun 1917: returned to France
12 Aug 1917: killed in action
Surname
Hughes
Forename
George
Rating or rank
2nd Lieutenant
Regiment or Other Unit
7th Battalion King's Shropshire Light Infantry
Branch
62 Castle Street, Liverpool
Date of Birth
22 Feb 1894
Date of birth
1894
Date of Entering Bank's Service
12 Apr 1911
Date of Joining HM Forces
06 Aug 1914
Date of Death
1917