Thomas Hughes VC (10 November 1885 – 4 January 1942) was a British Army soldier, and Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He moved to England in 1910 and lived at Hednesford, Staffordshire while he worked as a stable hand, and on a coal wharf at Cannock before enlisting in the army in November 1914.

[1] He was 31 years old, and a private in the 6th Battalion, The Connaught Rangers, British Army during the First World War when he was awarded the Victoria Cross for his action which took place during the Battle of the Somme.

Later, seeing a hostile machine-gun, he dashed out in front of his company, shot the gunner and, single-handed, captured the gun.

[1] He is buried in the cemetery attached to St Patrick's Roman Catholic church in Broomfield, near Castleblayney, in County Monaghan.