Heworth St. Mary
Pauline Priano has submitted the following:-
Hugh Jukes was born 1883 at Glasgow Lanarkshire, Scotland, one of 7 known children, 4 sons and 3 daughters. His father Alfred Edward Jukes was born at Southampton, Hampshire and was married in Scotland to Barbara Brown native of St. Andrews, Flintshire. Between 1876 and 1879 the family lived in Hampshire, however the couple and their children Mary (10), Emma (5) and Alice (2) were living at 206, Watt Street, Glasgow, in 1881, Alfred was employed as a bricklayer, also living with them was mother-in-law Mary Ann Brown (65), a ladies nurse. The family had migrated to the north east by 1891 settling at Middlesbrough, there is no mention of Barbara in the census, however, Alfred is still listed as married not widowed. By 1911 he was listed as such, living with his married daughter Alice, her husband Frederick Thomas Jones, a commercial traveller and their son Frederick Jnr at Southhampton where Alfred died in 1933.
Hugh Jukes remained in the north east having married October 14th 1903 at St Aidan’s Church, Benwell, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Beatrice Saddler with whom he had three children, Alfred Robert born July 10th 1903, Harry Lambert, October 7th 1905 and Ethel born December 24th 1909, they were living in a flat at 84, Back Wellington Street. Felling, Gateshead in 1911.
December 8th 1915, aged 31 years 7 months, he left his employment as a foreman bricklayer to enlist at Felling where he was firstly assigned as Sapper 177401 Royal Engineers. Although he was mobilised June 6th 1916 by July 18th 1916 he was transferred to Class W Army Reserve which allowed him to return to his employment as a bricklayer with the obligation of being recalled. Hugh Jukes was recalled September 30th 1916 to the training reserve departing as part of the British Expeditionary Force, January 1st 1917 to France. In the field January 1st 1917 he was transferred and assigned as Private 34586 to the 9th Battalion, The Loyal Lancashire Regiment, where June 7th-14th 1917 the regiment participated at the Battle of Messines attacking between the Wulverghem-Messines and Wulverghem-Wytschaete Roads, during which he was, ‘wounded” and sent back to England suffering from shell shock, to the 1st Birmingham War Hospital, created as a consequence of the Asylum War Hospital Scheme, for treatment and convalescence until August 25th 1917. He was discharged from the Army, December 12th 1917 under King’s Regulations 392 (xvi), “no longer physically fit for war service” and later permanently excluded from the liability to medical re-examination.
Private 34586 Hugh Jukes The Loyal Lancashire Regiment died December 20th 1919 as a consequence of either physical and/or mental injuries received on active service entitling him to a military headstone. Private Hugh Jukes is at rest, SE part, Heworth (St. Mary) Churchyard, Gateshead, County Durham. His widow paid the sum of 1 shilling 9 pence for an additional inscription to be added it reads "At Rest". He was 35 years old.
Awarded the British War Medal and Victory Medal and a pension. Details of wife unknown, Hugh and Beatrice’s son, Alfred Robert Jukes died at Cleveland, (England) in 1988, aged 85 years.
In God’s safe keeping. Rest In Peace.
Hugh Jukes is remembered at Heworth on H92.03
