Army Sergeant Charles Emanuel Hugman 1894 - 1977

Army Sergeant Charles Emanuel Hugman 1894 - 1977

Army Sergeant Charles Emmanuel Hugman Regt. No. 12736 of the Suffolk Regiment
Charles was born on 28 Jan 1894 in Cirencester to Walter and Emily (nee Ward) Hugman. Charles was one of six children.
He joined the 3rd Battalion the Suffolk Regiment on 31st August 1914 and stated his occupation as ‘Carpenter’.
On 25th August 1917 he married Mabel Victoria Frost
His military discharge record dated 10th June 1919 partially survives but in poor condition. It states that Charles was 5’8” tall with a chest measurement of 34 ¾ inches. He weighed 112lbs, had a fair completion, blue eyes and brown hair. It also states that he was ‘wounded light by enemy air action’ on 22nd July 1917 just a month before his wedding although there is no surviving record of type of injury. Charles saw active service in the Northern Theatre of war.
He survived WW1 and died –registered in Ipswich in September 1977.

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Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 10737; Schedule Number: 143.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA), 1911.
Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England. The National Archives gives no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to the National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO).
War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives Image Library, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, Tel: 020 8392 5225. Fax: 020 8392 5266.

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