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Auction: 22103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals VII - e-Auction
Lot: 455

Four: Driver J. S. Hughes, Royal Army Service Corps

1914-15 Star (W-T4-037128. Dvr. J. S. Hughes. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (W-T4-037128 Dvr. J. S. Hughes. A.S.C.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R. (John Hughes), minor pitting and contact wear, overall very fine (4)

John Samuel Hughes was born at Pontypridd, Glamorgan on 3 November 1890. Working as a Collier on the outbreak of war Hughes enlisted with the Army Service Corps as a Driver at Cardiff on 9 December 1914. Serving with 30th Field Ambulance while in Britain he entered the war on 4 December 1915. Here he served until discharged to the 'Z' Class reserve on 27 January 1919. Returning to the mines by 1921 he was serving a Colliery Labourer at with the Great Western Colliery Co., Timawr, Pontypridd. Later recorded on the 1939 census as a Motor Driver but still living at Pontypridd, this time 10 Queen Street. Hughes died on 7 February 1953 at Pontypridd; sold together with a Special Constable, Glamorgan Badge, original photographs of the recipients home and the Welsh Division Memorial as well as copied research including service records, M.I.C. and discharge card.

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£60

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£40