Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Captain Tegerin Hughes, 10th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died of wounds at St Eloi on 1 April 1915

1914-15 Star (Capt. T. Hughes. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. T. Hughes.) nearly extremely fine (3) £400-£500

Tegerin Hughes enlisted into the Middlesex Regiment on the 8 September 1914, declaring 2 years service with 6th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was 23 years old and working on the Local Government Board Audit Staff. On 5 March 1915 he was discharged on receiving a commission in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. His papers show he served with the 14th Battalion but was attached to the 10th Battalion. Hughes died of wounds on 1 April 1916. His mother’s address is given as Bryncuhelyn, Llanerchymedd, Anglesey. The War Diary records him as being killed during the repulse of enemy attacks on the St Eloi trenches, St. Eloi also being shown on the Llangefni County School war memorial. He is commemorated by name on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.

Sold with copied research including record of service and War Diary extracts.