Hughes, Matthew Louis
Captain Matthew Louis Hughes, Royal Army Medical Corps, was killed in action at Colenso, Dec. 15th, 1899. He was a son of Col. Emilius Hughes, C.B., A.S.C., of Guildford, was born in 1867, and educated at King’s College, London, the University of Edinburgh, and the Rotunda Hospital Dublin. He joined the R.A.M.C. in 1890 and was mentioned in despatches L.G., Feb. 8th 1901. The Last Post, Mildred G. Dooner
Biographical
| Surname(s) | Hughes |
|---|---|
| First name(s) | Matthew Louis |
| Date of birth | 7 July 1867 |
| Place of birth | Yokohama, Japan |
| Family details | Son of Emilius Hughes C.B.; C.M.G. and husband of Kate Winifred (née Simpson) |
| College | King's College London and/or King's College London Hospital |
| Qualifications | L.R.C.P. (Lond), M.R.C.S. (Eng 1889), D.P.H. (Lond) |
| Military unit | Royal Army Medical Corps (R.A.M.C.) |
| War / conflict | Second Boer War (1899-1902) |
| Date of death | 15 December 1899 |
| Age at death | 32 |
| Rank at death | Captain |
| Place of death | Colenso, South Africa |
| Cause of death | Killed in action |
| Burial place | Chieveley Military Cemetery, South Africa |
| Commemoration(s) | R.A.M.C. Boer War Memorial, Aldershot |
| Notes | Assistant Demonstrator in anatomy at King's College London in 1889. |
| Sources | King’s College London Archives; The Last Post by Mildred G. Dooner; Wellcome Images (used under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC 2.0UK) |
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