Patrick Desmond Hughes is also remembered on the Hawarden WW2 War Memorial, please click on the link to read his story.
Hawarden Grammar School Admissions Register E/GS/1/10
2970 HUGHES, Patrick Desmond, Date of birth 24th December, 1925, 13, The Nook, Mancot, Father, Ironworker, Date of entry 20th September 1938, Shotton Cl. El. Date of Leaving – 20th December 1939.
The Roll of Honour was dedicated at Hawarden Grammar School on the 3rd February 1951 with a Remembrance Service for the 47* former pupils who died in the 1939 – 1945 World War. As recorded in the Chester Chronicle Saturday 10th February 1951.
*Author’s note, there are 46 names on the Roll of Honour, clerical error by the newspaper.