William (Michael William) Hughes

Rank:	Private
Street:	15 Little Water Street
Townland:	Templemichael
Town/Village:	Longford
Civil Parish:	Templemichael
Catholic Parish:	Templemichael
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Census 1901:	Resident at Little Water Street www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Little_Water_Street/1555944/
Census 1911:	Resident at Little Water Street www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Longford_No__1_Urban/Littlewater_Street/651418/
Regiment/Unit:	Royal Irish Constabulary (post July 1919); [Connaught Rangers, 4th Battalion]
Regiment Number:	76763; [4/4804]
Date of Death:	30-08-1962
Cause:	Survived WW1, natural causes
Memorial:	Ballymacormack Cemetery, Longford, Co. Longford.
Information:	William was born Michael William Hughes on or around 3 July 1892 in Longford town, and baptised te 6 July 1892. On the 1 April 1907, William began working with the Midland & Great Western Railway (MGWR) as a bridge painter with his father and elder brother, and later working as a labourer with the railway from November 1912. William entered the 4th Connaught Rangers in April 1914.was posted to the front in January 1915. His brothers, Henry* and Patrick Hughes, also served with the Connaught Rangers in the Great War. William was injured on the 2 May 1916, and was discharged on medical grounds on the 6 May 1917. William was later a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary (R.I.C.) and the Royal Ulster Constabulary (R.U.C.). From his pension records it appears he was stationed in or near Killybegs, Co. Donegal for a period, and later Belfast. According to his obituary in the Longford Leader, he also participated in World War 2. By 1922, William was living with the Snowling family at 56 Regent St, Belfast. Based on parish records, he married Mary McEnteer, from Ramelton, Co. Donegal in Belfast on the 27 August 1922. He joined the RUC in September 1922. William and Mary later moved back to Great Water Street in Longford. He died in 30 August 1962 of natural causes in Mount Carm
Parents Names:	Son of Henry Hughes and Mary Anne (née Collumb), Little Water Street, Longford
Notes:	*Henry was William and Patrick's elder half-brother. A relative and namesake of William, Pte William A. Hughes was one of the Irish soldiers involved at the Siege of Jadotville, which took place in 1961: http://archive.irishnewsarchive.com/Olive/APA/INA.Edu/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=LOL%2F1961%2F11%2F11&id=Ar00117&sk=6843549C
Links:	Link to Civil Record of Birth (ensure web address ends in .pdf); Link to Civil Record of death; Irish Railway Employment Record (Ancestry.co.uk); link to Longford Leader obituary; Irish Press death notice; link to <