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Family Group: Pair: Private T. Hughston, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in...
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Pair: Private T. Hughston, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action, aged 16, on the Western Front on 29 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (70250 Pte. T. Hughston. R. W. Fus.) very fine
Pair: Gunner T. Hughston, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (307507 G. T. Hughston. R. A.) very fine (4) £70-£90
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Thomas A. Hughston, from Stockport, Cheshire, was born on 24 February 1901. He attested into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers aged 15, in March 1916, for service during the Great War and was killed in action, aged 16 years and 7 months, on the Western Front, by shellfire, on 29 September 1917. He is buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard, France.
Thomas Hughston, father of the above, a Railway Porter from Stockport, Cheshire, attested into the Royal Artillery in October 1915, for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 29 May 1916 to 15 November 1917and was discharged on 5 February 1918 a consequence of wounds (Gas), and awarded a Silver War Badge. No. 307507.
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Pair: Private T. Hughston, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action, aged 16, on the Western Front on 29 September 1917
British War and Victory Medals (70250 Pte. T. Hughston. R. W. Fus.) very fine
Pair: Gunner T. Hughston, Royal Artillery
British War and Victory Medals (307507 G. T. Hughston. R. A.) very fine (4) £70-£90
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Thomas A. Hughston, from Stockport, Cheshire, was born on 24 February 1901. He attested into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers aged 15, in March 1916, for service during the Great War and was killed in action, aged 16 years and 7 months, on the Western Front, by shellfire, on 29 September 1917. He is buried in Erquinghem-Lys Churchyard, France.
Thomas Hughston, father of the above, a Railway Porter from Stockport, Cheshire, attested into the Royal Artillery in October 1915, for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 29 May 1916 to 15 November 1917and was discharged on 5 February 1918 a consequence of wounds (Gas), and awarded a Silver War Badge. No. 307507.
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