Hubert Frank Hughes

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

55632

Unit at enlistment:

19th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Commemorated at:

Matthews-Blackwell Co. Roll of Honour

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Warwickshire

Birth city:

Birmingham

Address at enlistment:

10 Rose Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

10 Rose Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Butcher

Employer:

Matthews-Blackwell Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Miscellaneous

BX October 27, 1914

His Loyalty Appreciated

Harry Hughes an employee of the Matthews-Laing company who has volunteered for active service, having joined the company being raised by the Dufferin Rifles this morning received a letter from the firm expressing its pride in the fact that one of its employees had volunteered to go in the aid of the Empire and assuring him that there would be a place for him in the factory on his return. Accompanying the letter was a substantial purse of gold from the firm and its employees.