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Anfield Crematorium has an online Book of Remembrance - but the Hughes relatives must have decided against paying for entries for Frank and Fanny:

https://anfield.alwaysloved.xyz/

The funeral of Mrs Fanny Hughes, of 59 Greenway Road, Runcorn, took place at Anfield Crematorium of Wednesday, her death having occured on Saturday.
Mrs Hughes, who was 69 years of age, was a native of Widnes, and had lived in Runcorn for more than 45 years.
Chief mourners were Mr W J Hughes, Mr F N Hughes, Mrs H Jones, sons and daughter; Mrs W J Hughes daughter in law, Mr H Jones son in law, Mr J Briers, brother.
General mourners included : Mrs Plant, representing Holy Trinity Mothers' Union, Mrs Dutton, Mrs Hindley, representing the British Legion; Mrs G Dumbill, Mrs E Jones, Mrs A Jones.
Bearers were : Messrs J Pugh, nephew; A Jones, W Peck, D Brown.

RUNCORN WEEKLY NEWS 12 Feb 1954

Just confirmed that the newspaper article definitely reads Wellington Street not Road.

His death announcement was also in the paper mistranscribed as Prank Hughes!

HUGHES - June 4th at 59 Greenway Road, Runcorn, aged 63 years, Frank, beloved husband of Fanny Hughes. Funeral service at Anfield Crematorium, on Thursday next, (no flowers)

5th June 1945, LIVERPOOL ECHO

Thanks again Erika. I had them in Egerton St earlier and latterly in Greenway Road so many thanks for confirming that they were at Wellington Street in between.

The family were together at Wellington Street in 1921……census posted here on page one

In 1911, their address was 12, Egerton Street

Thank you to everyone above ever so much for the information provided and the time spent researching my great grandfather. I had such little information to go off and had pretty much given up hope of being able to trace him and learn about his war service as he died before my mother was born and no family history has been passed down. That he had been a POW is an absolute revelation to me (thanks Alviegal, Erika and greyghost)! All the detail provided in terms of dates and places accords with what knowledge I have apart from the 30’Wellington Road address (during the war years) of which I had no prior knowledge. Many thanks again to one and all I am ever so grateful.

There is a record of medals awarded above

His enrolment date explains why there is no medal card.

POW record on the Red Cross POW site - free

https://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/List/2669598/698/24521/

And you ......wouldn't have got there without the newspaper article! :-)

Ah there he is. Well done ErikaH :-)

Thanks to alviegal's find..............

First name(s) F H
Capture location Bapaume
Last name Hughes
Previous camp Front
Birth year 1881
Next of kin's first name(s) Fanny
Birth date 15 Dec 1881
Next of kin's last name H
Birth place Widnes
Next of kin's town Runcorn
Rank Private
Conflict World War 1
Rank as transcribed Pte
Archive reference -
Service number 34703
Document details Prisoners of the First World War, the International Committee of the Red Cross
Company L
Record set Prisoners Of War 1715-1945
Regiment 1/4 K O Shrob
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Capture year 1918
Subcategory First World War
Capture date 23 Mar 1918
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
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First name(s) F H
Reference numbers PA 24521
Last name Hughes
Conflict World War 1
Year 1918
Country Great Britain
Event date 23 Mar 1918
Record set Prisoners Of War 1715-1945
Service number 34703
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Regiment King's Shropshire Light Infantry*********************
Subcategory First World War
Regiment as transcribed 1/4 K O Shrob
Collections from Great Britain, UK None
Document details Prisoners of the First World War, the International Committee of the Red Cross

First name(s) Frank Herbert
1914 corps 4 Shrops L I
Last name Hughes
Medals awarded British War Medal And Victory Medal
Disembarkation year -
Archive The National Archives
Disembarkation date -
Archive series WO 329
Rank Private
Archive reference WO 329/1481
Rank as transcribed Private.
Record set Britain, First World War Campaign Medals
Service number 34703
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Regiment King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
Subcategory First World War
Previous unit Shrops L I Pte 34703 Infantry Base Depot.
Collections from Great Britain, UK None

Name Frank Herbert Hughes
Gender Male
Marital Status Married - widow requested cremation
Age 63
Record Type Cremation
Death Date 4 Jun 1945
Cremation Date 7 Jun 1945
Burial Place Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Address: 59 Greenway Road, Runcorn
Occupation: manager
Bronchial Carcinoma
No written instructions regarding cremation
Died at own residence

TIP: Never assume ;-) ;-)

Think this newspaper article is about him

After a long period of suspense and anxiety Mrs Hughes of 30 Wellington Street, Runcorn, has heard officially that her husband Private Frank H Hughes, is a prisoner of war in Germany, and has been wounded in the right hand.
Private Hughes, who is 36 years of age, joined up on Aug 30, 1917, and went to the front on Feb 2nd of this year. Before the war, he was the manager of the boot department of the Co-operative Society's central premises.

RUNCORN GUARDIAN 03 May 1918

He may have left instructions in his Will regarding the disposal of his remains...............he and his wife were both born in Widnes. Perhaps there was a family plot there?

My father was buried in his birthplace - with his father - not where he died.

Ok - only glanced through.

If the electoral rolls doesn’t give a clue then the Lives of The First World War .org seems to have a list of conscientious objectors which would need checking, just in case. Might also be worth checking the local papers to see if his name crops up.

Well never know if he didn’t serve because he failed the medical for something that seems quite insignificant to us.

Added: the Cheshire Archives have the 1911-53 reports and balance sheets for the Coop.Something may show up in those. The Runcorn Historical society has a copy of the Coop centenary book which goes from around the 1860’s. He could crop up in that.

He was a Shop manager - as per Census and Register records posted above

If there is no medal card then it is unlikely that Frank was in the Army. Presumably the FMP search means he didn’t serve in the Navy either.

Not everyone served in the armed forces. He could even have been sent down the mines.

Could his occupation indicate that he may have been in a reserved occupation. Have you checked the electoral rolls - if the occupant is named then there is usually a mark to show that they were away in the services.

What information do you have which leads you to think he served during WW1?

No records on FMP which fit his details, although as AG so rightly says, only around 30% of WW1 records actually exist.

Unfortunately, the majority of WW1 service records have not survived.

Maybe ??? -

Francis H Hughes
in the UK, British Army World War I Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Name Francis H Hughes
Military Date 1914-1920
Military Place England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, United Kingdom
Regiment or Corps The Royal Welsh (Welch) Fusiliers
Regimental Number 55438

Enlisted 8/12/1916.
Discharged 22/5/1917

No other identifying details on that card.


EDIT:

NO - from another record, that man's middle name was Henry.