Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes

After graduating from college in 1915, Hughes was commissioned into the British Army and served in the First World War as a medical officer. He was attached to the Wiltshire Regiment from 1915 to 1918, and to the Grenadier Guards from 1918 to 1919.^[5] He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) on 25 August 1916 while a subaltern and, within four months, had been awarded a Bar to his DSO. His DSO citation reads:

Temp. Lt. Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes RAMC. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations. He went out in broad daylight, under heavy fire, and bandaged seven wounded men in the open, lying out in an exposed spot for one and a half hours. At nightfall he led a party through a heavy barrage and brought the seven men back^[6]

His Bar citation is as follows:

Temp. Capt. Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes DSO RAMC. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations. On four separate days he showed an utter contempt for danger when collecting and tending the wounded under heavy shell fire.^[7]

Hughes was heavily decorated during the First World War, and before its end he was awarded the

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Hughes was mobilised in 1939 and sent to France with the

With the end of the war, Hughes took up the position as Commandant of the RAMC depot in Crookham, with his final military post being an Inspector of Training.^[8]

Later career

After leaving the forces in 1947, Hughes took up the first of his senior medical administrative posts, when he became the senior medical officer of the South East Metropolitan Hospital Board.

Hughes was the subject of the British television series This Is Your Life in 1959 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Theatre.^{[citation needed]}

Rugby career

Outside his professional career, Hughes was a very keen sportsman, with his main interest being rugby union. At Epsom College he was captain of the rugby XV, and as an adult played club rugby for Blackheath F.C. During the 1912/13 season he was selected to play for invitational touring team the Barbarians, an association which would continue until his death. His first match for the Barbarians was during the 1913 tour in the traditional tour encounter with Penarth, before playing against Cardiff and Swansea. He played a total of 20 games for the Barbarians over nine tours,^[12] scoring a try against Newport in 1925^[14] and captained the team for three matches between 1919 and 1920.

Hughes played for multiple rugby teams, most notably

When in 1928, Emile de Lissa was made vice-president of the Barbarians, Hughes was elected as Treasurer, and when Jack Haigh-Smith died suddenly in 1955, Hughes was made President of the club.^[16] Hughes remained President until his death in 1973, and held the post when the Barbarians famously beat the 1973 touring "All Blacks" at the Cardiff Arms Park.

It was Hughes who blocked

Hughes died on 24 November 1973 in Edinburgh, three days after watching an international rugby game between Scotland and Argentina.^[4]

References

Bibliography

• Starmer-Smith, Nigel (1977). The Barbarians. Macdonald & Jane's Publishers.
  ISBN 0-86007-552-4
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