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Title: Private Peter Hughes
Post by: maryjay on Tuesday 18 November 08 17:14 GMT (UK)

My grandad fought in the Boer War as well as WW1 - 1st Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.  I have his regimental number from WW1 - do you know of any way of finding any information about him in the Boer War

Title: Re: Private Peter Hughes
Post by: scrimnet on Tuesday 18 November 08 21:10 GMT (UK)

You might find some int here...

http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/shipping.html

And have you looked into whether his records survive?

These are the only Hughes I can find for the Loyal Nth Lancs..No "P" though...

6526    Private    Hughes    B    3rd Bn.
3771    Private    Hughes    C    1st Bn.
6912    Private    Hughes    C    3rd Bn.
5003    Corporal    Hughes    E    1st Bn.
4148    Private    Hughes    J    1st Bn.
4322    Private    Hughes    J    1st Bn.
4462    Private    Hughes    P    3rd Bn.
4653    Private    Hughes    R    M.I. Coy., 1st Bn.
4344    Private    Hughes    T    3rd Bn.
6440    Private    Hughes    T    1st Bn.
3434    Lance Corporal    Hughes    W    3rd Bn.
6611    Private    Hughes    W    3rd Bn.

This is also from Kevs excellent site...

http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/nominal.html

Try an email to him...A top bloke!

Title: Re: Private Peter Hughes
Post by: liverpool annie on Wednesday 19 November 08 04:30 GMT (UK)

Medal card of Hughes, Peter

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment   2806   Private
Labour Corps   406426   Private
Date   1914-1920

Title: Re: Private Peter Hughes
Post by: km1971 on Wednesday 19 November 08 08:02 GMT (UK)

Hi Maryjay

Do you know when he was born? 2806 is a bit low for a Boer War veteran, and was probably issued to a Regular in the mid-late 1880s. If so he may have been a member of a TF battalion before WW1, after his service as a Regular - when he would have had a different number. It also means that there will be another set of papers, not affected by WW2 bombing.

I have a medal roll to the LNLR somewhere, but I am changing computers and cannot find it. Others will have it, as it is on CD.

I am assuming you cannot find his WW1 papers on Ancestry, and have you found him on the 1891 Census?

Ken