H m tropers

[the lady 01]

hiya

was woundering if anyone could tell me who were  H M Troopers ?

my g-g grandfather was a pilot ( h m trooper) was deceased by 1923

his name was john hughes

[ev]

hi 

can you tell us you gg grandfathers age when he died(1923)
trooper makes me think of cavalry but pilot is the sea assuming he would have
been too old to fly a plane
h m = Her Majesties trooper ?

where about did you find this information ?

ev

[the lady 01]

i dont know when john hughes died ( g-g- grandfather )

the information came from my g greandfather 2nd marriage

information from 2nd marriage

alfred walter hughes aged 50 widower insurance agent horton hill epsom father john hughes deceased

john occupation was pilot h m troopers

witnesses were A lowe
& william edward burchett



i cant find anything on the hughes family at all


 alfred walter hughes on any census but no luck

all i know is that he married my great grandmother in portsmouth 1923 ( both were widowers & died 1929 in epsom aged 55

his occupation was insurance agent ...aged 50 yrs when he got married to my great grandmother louisa hannah taylor (nee kennard )

cant find alfred 1st marriage to see when his 1st wife died ...


but they had 3 sons

Births Jun 1916
Walter E Hughes (mmn) Kennard Epsom 2a 59

Births Dec 1919
Alfred C Hughes (mmn) Kennard Epsom 2a 59

Births Jun 1922
Ernest G Hughes (mmn) Kennard Epsom 2a 52

all the sons died in 1990 & 1993 lived in & around surrey



louisa bought the grave next to alfred when he died in march 1929 & she died 1964

[scrimnet]

Troopships were normally know as "Troopers"

And HMT as in HMS is the usual prefix...

So HM Troopship, and him being a pilot fits rather well...As well as him being in Pompey

[the lady 01]

so how can i find them on census

or find information on john hughes???

[scrimnet]

I'd have a dig via Royal Navy, Port of Portsmouth Authority, and Merchant Navy records to see if they throw anything up.

As for the census??

Blimey....errrmmm....Have you looked in the Portsmouth area for anything?

[cheshiremog]

I'd have a dig via Royal Navy, Port of Portsmouth Authority, and Merchant Navy records to see if they throw anything up.

As for the census??

Blimey....errrmmm....Have you looked in the Portsmouth area for anything?

Dear Scimnet
Its all fasinating stuff - how would you go about researching all of these avenues -how can one access these records and the information you have quoted?  Do they have websites? I am very interested in the merchant navy records - where can they be found?

Fascinated by the troopships