William John HUGHES

WILLIAM JOHN HUGHES. ABLE SEAMAN 179220 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS CANPOUS. BORN 10 DEC 1878 AT PLYMOUTH DEVON. ENLISTED 2 APR 1894 OCCUPATION PRIOR TO ENLISTMENT, ERRAND BOY. DIED 7 JAN 1902 AGED 23 OF TURBERCULOSIS IN A HOSPITAL IN MALTA. HE MAY HAVE BEEN THE SON OF CONWAY AND ELLEN NEE PEEK OF (1891) BATHER STREET, PLYMOUTH. HIS MOTHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 13 JAN 1902.

AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 6 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA.