Basic Details
Surname
Hughes
Forenames
Isaac Reginald
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
43034
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 59 High Street, Old Fletton. It wrongly records his date of death as 18/9/1916.

(CWGC records that Lance Corporal Isaac Reginald Hughes, regimental number 43034, died aged 19 on 10/9/1916 serving in 1st Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, and is buried in grave B.25.26 at St Sever Cemetery in Rouen, France. They record him as the son of Isaac and Ruth Hughes of 59 High Street, Old Fletton. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects likewise recorded Isaac's date of death as 10/9/1916, stating that his father was his legatee. Soldiers Died in the Great War gave Isaac's date of death as 10/9/1916, stating that prior to joining the Bedfordshire Regiment he had served in the Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 825. Isaac's brother Albert William Hughes also died in WW1 and is named on the Peterborough Roll of Honour).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Bedfords
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
1st
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
L/Cpl
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Rouen
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
18
Manner of death as stated
Died of wounds 18 September 1916 [sic] at Rouen Military Hospital
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds
Personal Details
Address
59, ST. OLD FLETTON
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial