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Ann

Ann Report 11 Aug 2010 09:43

Please can any one advise me how i can find out which vessel my grandad Samuel Hughes sailed on. i was told it was hit by a torpedo at the end of WW11, he was from Liverpool
Ann

Potty

Potty Report 11 Aug 2010 12:43

Did he survive? If not, he should be on the CWGC site.

This is the only Samuel Hughes on that site for WW11:

HUGHES, SAMUEL
Initials: S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Petty Officer Stoker
Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
Unit Text: H.M.S. Harvester
Age: 28
Date of Death: 11/03/1943
Service No: C/KX 83606
Additional information: Son of Samuel and Arme Hughes; husband of Daisy Marjorie Hughes, of Canley, Warwickshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 71, 3.
Memorial: CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL

Ann

Ann Report 11 Aug 2010 12:57

thanks for the info on Samuel i did not know about that site , unfortunately it is not my grandad he would of been in his late forties early fifties.

safc

safc Report 11 Aug 2010 15:07

Casualty Details
Name: HUGHES, SAMUEL
Initials: S
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Fireman and Trimmer
Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy
Unit Text: S.S. Assyrian (Liverpool)
Age: 48
Date of Death: 19/10/1940
Additional information: Husband of Bridget Hughes, of Litherland, Liverpool.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 11.
Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

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Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.

Ann

Ann Report 12 Aug 2010 10:45

Thankyou for this info. on Samuel this is my grandad . you have answered a lot of questions for me.
Ann