| Lewis Dudley Richard Huggard was the son of the Rev Richard Huggard and Frances Marion Huggard (nee Lloyd). Rev Huggard was born in Dungannon.
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| Lewis Huggard was born in Dungannon on 20th May 1894.
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| The family then moved to Dublin and then back to Dungannon. Rev Huggard was the curate of St Anne’s Parish Church, Dungannon.
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| Known family: Richard Huggard, Frances Marion Huggard, Hewitt Huggard (born 5th August 1889, Tuam), Irene Huggard (born 2nd October 1891, Dungannon), Anna Huggard (Born 10th January 1893, Dungannon), Lewis Dudley Richard Huggard (born 20th May 1894, Dungannon), Donagh Huggard (born 20th August 1895, Dungannon).
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| They are not listed on the 1901 census so it is presumed that the family had moved to St John’s Vicarage, Barnsley by then.
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| Lewis attended Bromsgrove School from 1908 to 1913.
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| His father, Rev Richard Huggard MBE MA was secretary of Barnsley Rugby Club. He also refereed a match between England and Ireland in 1903.
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| Lewis and his brother Hewitt both played for Barnsley Rugby Club.
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| His father held a captain’s position as a recruiting officer.
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| 1914
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| Lewis Huggard enlisted in September 1914 in one of the Public Schools Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers.
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| Lewis Huggard was initially a Private with the Royal Fusiliers, Service No 2806.
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| 1915
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| Lewis Huggard then gazetted to the York and Lancaster Regiment on 6th January 1915.
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| From the Tyrone Courier dated 23rd December 1915:
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| Sec Lieut L D R Huggard, 13th York and Lancaster Regiment, who has been transferred to a service battalion of the same regiment, is the second son of Rev. Richard Huggard, Barnsley, formerly of Dungannon. His brother, Lieut. Huggard, Lincoln Regiment, was recently killed in the Dardanelles.
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| 1916
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| In January 1916 he went to Egypt but returned after a few months. He was ineligible for the 1914-15 Star.
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| From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th May 1915:
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| Rev Richard Huggard, formerly curate in Dungannon, enlisted in the new army, and has now the rank of captain. In the notes by ‘Ebor’ in the Yorkshire Evening Post, he writes:-
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| ‘One sees many unfamiliar sights in these strange days, and to me one that will not readily be forgotten is the appearance of an Irish Church of England vicar clad in full military captain’s uniform, taking part in a Yorkshire Rugby Football Union meeting. Captain the Rev Richard Huggard, of Barnsley, a past president and one of the most popular of the many good sportsmen in the Yorkshire Rugby Union, has thrown so much zeal and organising ability into recruiting in the Barnsley district that 2,700 men (over two battalions) have passed through his hands and into the ranks of the Yorks and Lancasters. He has therefore, well earned his captain’s rank by his administrative work, even if the leadership of forces on the field is denied him. That he would lend to the trenches, despite archiepiscopal frowns or archidiaconal remonstrates, if the chance came his way, I have not the slightest doubt. A man from Dungannon, cleric or otherwise, could not possibly quall. The vicar of St John the Baptist, Barnsley, holds the rank of captain in the 14th Service Battalion (second Barnsley) of the York and Lancaster Regiment. He has two sons with the forces. The eldest, Lieutenant Hewitt Huggard, has a commission in the 6th East Yorkshire; the younger, Second Lieutenant L D R Huggard, holds a commission in the 13th Service Battalion York and Lancashire. It is a good family record; and doubtless there are many like it in the clerical houses throughout the country.’
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| In the autumn of 1916 he was invalided home.
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| 1917
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| Lewis Huggard later re-joined the York and Lancaster Regiment in January 1917 and rose through the ranks to become Captain. He served in France.
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| Captain Lewis Dudley Richard Huggard was serving with the 13th Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment when was killed in action in France on 26th June 1917.
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| At the time of his death he was acting as intelligence officer and his Colonel spoke very warmly of his capacity as a soldier and his qualities as a man. He was touring positions held by the battalion with his Lieutenant-Colonel Wauhore when he was hit by fragments from a bursting shell and died instantly.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 11th July 1917:
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| Captain Lewis D R Huggard, York and Lancaster Regiment, killed in action, was the second son of Rev. Richard Huggard, M.A., vicar of St John, Barnsley, formerly of Dungannon, and president of the Northern Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union in 1897-98. The deceased, who was 23 years of age, was born in Dungannon. His elder brother was killed in action in 1915, while his father, Rev R Huggard, who is well known in Belfast, holds a captain’s commission whilst employed as a recruiting officer.
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| From the Tyrone Courier dated Thursday 12 July 1917:
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| Captain Lewis D R Huggard, York and Lancaster Regiment, killed in action, was the second son of Rev. Richard Huggard, M.A., vicar of St John, Barnsley, formerly of Dungannon. The deceased, who was 23 years of age, joined up at the outbreak of hostilities and after serving in Egypt was invalided home, and drafted to another theatre of war. His elder brother was killed in action in 1915, while his father holds a captain's position as a recruiting officer.
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| Their mother, Mrs Huggard, died in Barnsley on 28th February 1919.
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| Memorials
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| Captain L D R Huggard is buried in grave C.11 at Albuera Cemetery, Bailleul-sire-Berthoult, France.
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| Captain L D R Huggard is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial.
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| The CWGC record Captain Lewis Dudley Richard Huggard as the son of the Rev. Richard Huggard and Frances Marion Huggard, of St. John's Vicarage, Barnsley. The CWGC also record Lewis as being born in Dungannon, Country Tyrone.
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