Notes
He is listed on the memorial as having been a scholar at the school. The school website (see References) states: ‘Driver Leslie Hughes was the son of Son of William and Sara Hughes, of "Minden," Mossley Rd., Ashton-under-Lyne. His father William was the Registrar of Births and Deaths. Leslie served with The Heavy Battery as part of the Royal Garrison Artillery, who were specialists in the deployment of large calibre high explosive shells in and mainly involved in the destruction of targets behind enemy lines. It was in this role on engagement in Salonika (now Thessalonika), in Greece) that he lost his life on the 15th of September 1916, aged only 19 years. He is also listed on the Ashton-under-Lyne memorial.'