Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookrland), dau. of John Middleton; _b._ Southwick-on-Wear, co. Durham, about 1888; educ. Board School there; enlisted about 1903, was employed in Thompson's Yard, Sunderland; called up from the Reserve, 5 Aug. 1914; promoted L.-Corpl. at the Front, and was killed in action in France, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ =HUDSON, ARTHUR=, Acting Leading Stoker, 312428, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =HUDSON, FREDERICK CATTELL=, Private, No. 2772, 1/23rd London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Harry Hudson, 9, Louvaine Road, St. John's Hill, Clapham Junction, S.W., and Redriff, Whitstable, co. Kent, Builder, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of Richard Payne, of Wandsworth, S.W.; _b._ Battersea, S.W., 2 May, 1892; educ. Sir Walter St. John's School, Battersea; A.A. of Oxford; was a Builder's Manager; volunteered at the outbreak of war, and joined the 23rd London Regt. early in Sept. 1914; went to France, 14 March, 1915; was wounded in action near Festubert, 25 May, and died of wounds at Choques, two days later, 27 May, 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the English Cemetery there (Grave No. 200). His papers were signed and completed for a commission in the R.F.A. on 16 April, but he was not allowed to return to take it up. A comrade wrote: "I must say Fred played the man, for when the whistle went for us to go over the parapet, I am sorry to say there seemed to be a slight hesitation as to who should go first, when Fred said, 'Come on!' and over he went and we others followed him." Another wrote: "Ever ready to do any service for a comrade to cheer up one when fatigued, never wanting when a duty involving any danger had to be performed, Fred was a favourite loved by all." [Illustration: =Frederick Cattell Hudson.=] =HUDSON, FREDERICK GEORGE=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class (R.F.R., B. 1332), 195223, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HUDSON, THOMAS=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3043), 179557, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HUDSON, THOMAS ERNEST=, Private, No. 10813, Signalling Section, 9th (Service) Battn. Prince of Wales's Own West Yorkshire Regt., elder _s._ of Thomas William Hudson, of 9, Albert Square, Ella Street, Hull, Clerk, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Thomas Parker, Knaresbro', Carrier; _b._ Kingston-upon-Hull, co. York, 13 May, 1894; educ. Newland Avenue Council School there; was, when war broke out, a Litho Artist with Messrs. Goddard, Walker & Brown, of Hull; enlisted 25 Aug. 1914; left for the Dardanelles, 3 July, 1915, and was killed in action at the landing at Suvla Bay, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ For their conduct this day the 9th West Yorkshires were specially mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatch of 11 Dec. 1915 [London Gazette, 28 Jan. 1916]. He was a member of the St. Jude's Football Team, and also a member of the Hull City Swimming Club and the East Hull Harriers. In 1913 he won the Bronze medal for a study in Lettering at the Hull School of Art. His yr. brother went to France, 26 Aug. 1914 with the R.A.M.C. and is still (1916) serving there. [Illustration: =Thomas Ernest Hudson.=] =HUDSPITH, HAROLD BARON=, Sergt., No. 544, 21st Battn. (1st Surrey Rifles) The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Walter John Hudspith, of 81, Pendle Road, Streatham, S.W., by his wife, Minnie Mary, dau. of William Lyttleton Baron; _b._ St. John's Wood, London, 4 Aug. 1893; educ. Borough Polytechnic, London; was a Draughtsman; joined the 1st Surrey Rifles in 1909, and on the outbreak of war, volunteered for foreign service; went to France, 14 March, 1915, and was killed in action in the German trenches at Givenchy, Flanders, 25 May, 1915, while leading his section in the attack on the enemy position; _unm._ His Capt. wrote: "He was extremely popular in my company (and in fact in the battn.) and personally I miss him very much, both as a splendid N.C.O. and as a man." [Illustration: =Harold Baron Hudspith.=] =HUGGETT, MAURICE=, Private, No. 12/136, A Coy., 3rd (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) Auckland Regt., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, eldest _s._ of Martin Huggett, of Atherton Road, Auckland, New Zealand, by his wife, Sarah, dau. of John Holmes; _b._ Auckland, 1 Jan. 1894; educ. Auckland Grammar School; was an engineer apprentice, volunteered on the outbreak of war and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force in Oct.; took part in the repulse of the Turkish attack on the Suez Canal in Feb. 1915; and in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25-26 April following, and was killed in action there, 28 April, 1915; _unm._ He was taking a comrade's watch when he was shot through the forehead. =HUGGINS, ALBERT=, Private, No. 3353, Scots Guards; _b._ Diss, co. Norfolk; attested 20 April, 1900; served through South African War (medal) and in France; was wounded and died a prisoner at Hamelin, 15 Nov. 1914. He _m._ in London, 6 May, 1909, Agnes Blanche Bloomfield, and had three children: Maurice George, _b._ 31 Jan. 1912; Violet May, _b._ 9 May, 1910; and Ivy Agnes, _b._ 28 Jan. 1914. =HUGGINS, PETER WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10024), S.S. 107667, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HUGHES, CHARLES=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13379, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =HUGHES, GEORGE WILLIAM=, Sergt., No. 5539, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of George William Hughes, by his wife, Emma, dau. of W. Godderidge; _b._ Keighley, co. York, 19 April, 1885; educ. Tamworth; enlisted 2 May, 1904; became L.-Corpl. 4 April, 1910; Corpl. 9 Oct. 1912; L.-Sergt. 30 April, 1913, and Sergt. 6 Aug. 1914; served in Egypt 20 Sept. 1906 to 23 May, 1911 (Khedival medal), and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 12 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =HUGHES, GUY WILEY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., yst. _s._ of George Hughes, of Fieldhead, Wimbledon, by his late wife, Emily, dau. of William Edward Wiley, of The Rookery, Erdington; _b._ Kensington, 26 Feb. 1892; educ. Charterhouse; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Reserve of Officers from the O.T.C. March, 1913; attd. to the 4th Middlesex after the outbreak of war; went to France, 17 Oct. 1914, and died at Bailleul, 31 Dec. 1914, of wounds received in action the previous day; _unm._ His brother, Capt. A. E. Wiley Hughes, when attd. to the 3rd Royal Fusiliers, was wounded twice in France. =HUGHES, HENRY JOHN=, Leading Seaman (R.F.R., Ch. B. 4663), 171044, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HUGHES, JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 7885), 216211 Chatham, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =HUGHES, JOSEPH WILLIAM=, Pensioner, Carpenter's Mate, 132399, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =HUGHES, LIONEL=, Trooper, No. 11/464, Wellington Mounted Rifle |