Journeys of War….. Towards Peace….
From this page you will enter into the lives of our family, men and women who placed themselves at the disposal of their country in order to maintain the freedoms that is ours today. Most returned home following the war others perished and are remembered by following generations of family members.
Charles William Hughes 1892-1961
It is believed that Charles enlisted in both world wars. Below are images of his WW1 victory medal, awarded to men who served between 5 Aug 1914 and 12 Nov 1918. There appears to be no Enlistment and service records, presumably destroyed when the National Archives at Kew were bombed during the second world war.
John Norman Hughes. Royal Irish Rifles
Thomas Waterworth 1888-1 July 1916
Thomas James Waterworth. Born 27 September 1888 at 33 Warwick Street Belfast. Thomas was killed on the first day of the battle of the Somme.
Charles William Hughes.
Thomas Waterworth.
Service Second World War
Victor Thomas Hughes 1915-2006
Charles William Hughes 1915-1983
William Rutherford 1911-1993
Hugh Milliken 1895-1917
Frederick William Stone 1919-2015
John Victor Hughes 1894-1977
William Rutherford joined the Royal artillery in 1930 at the age
of 19. prior to the outbreak of World War Two William was
posted to India from 1932-1936. William subsequently served
at home during the war and following joined the War Office,
the rest of his working career was with the Ministry of Defence
gaining an MBE for his services.
Victor Thomas Hughes
Charles William Hughes 1915
William Rutherford
Hugh Milliken
Frederick Stone
Victor Hughes
Rowland Smeeth 1865-1915
James Burrows Smeeth 1877-1918
Susan Hughes
Susan Hughes 1927- 2021
Service First and Second World War
Service First World War
Susan (Sue) served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service and spent
her National Service in Jerusalem and Egypt. She was a
telephonist and was awarded the Palestine Medal.
J B Smeeth
Rowland Smeeth
Rifleman 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles. Killed in
action, France March 21 1918. Commemorated on
Poziered Memorial France. Born Lanark Scotland.
Serial number 605.
Charles served in the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
Victor served in the 2nd Battalion Royal Ulster Rifles
and the Parachute Regiment.
Victor along with his brother Charles served in the
Royal Army Service Corps Number 224665 as an
M T Learner, with postings to Belfast, France, Salonica,
Mesopotamia, Woolwich and then to Dublin.
Rifleman J B Smeeth number 1105 served with the
15th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles. He died on the
21 March 1918 aged 41 and is remembered at the
Pozieres Memorial France.
Private Roland Smeeth number 11445 served with the
5 Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He served in the
Soudan Campaign. He died on the 25 August 1915 aged 50.
He is remembered with honour at the Helles Memorial Gallipoli.
Fred Stone served in the Royal Air Force from 1937 till
the end of the war.
Norman served in the Home Guard from 1 July 1940 till 31
December 1944 then joined the Royal Irish
Fusiliers Army number 14459909 on 13 February 1945 and seen
service in Palestine.
John Norman Hughes 1920-2003
Caroline Hughes 1923-2015
