McHugh, Thomas Francis

Other Events:

• Birth - Civil Record: 12 May 1888
• Military Service: Bef 18 Jul 1918; WWI - U. S. Army, 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
• News Mention: Aft 18 Jul 1918; Chilton Times
• Obituary: Aft Jul 1918

Notes:

Birth - Civil Record:
Thomas F McHugh 12 May 1888 Calumet 0025 002143

Military Service:
Name: Thomas McHugh
State Registered: Wisconsin

Death Date: 18 Jul 1918
Cemetery: Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot A Row 1 Grave 12
Cemetery City: Belleau
Cemetery Country: France

WAR: World War I
Title: Private, U.S. Army
Rank: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 58th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll

News Mention:
THOMAS MCHUGH DIES FOR HIS FLAG Popular Stockbridge boy Killed in action July eighteenth on the Battle Fie ld in France----Chilton Times-July 1918 An official letter from Washington Tuesday addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Mic hael McHugh of Stockbridge brought these sad tidings: "Your son Thomas was killed in action July 18th." Altho many such sad messag es are daily sent out from Washington to grief stricken par-ents all over the country, yet, when an announcement of this nature com es home to us, and not till then do we fully realize the sadnessof war. Thomas McHugh, oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McHugh, was b orn May 12th, 1888, on what is now the Town Farm, two milessouth of the village of Stockbridge. He grew to manhood there and attend ed High School and when 20 years of age made a trip through theWest and North. He spent some months with his uncle, Peter O'Toole, n ow of Glascow, Montana, and from there he traveled up intoCanada where he found employment with a lumbering concern. Returning eas t, he was employed in Oshkosh for some time and when warwas finally declared against Germany he came home and valiantly offered h is services to his country, leaving here in November for CampCuster. He spent two short furloughs at home, one in December and the la st one on New Years Day, both of which visits will be cherished and rememb ered by his friends. His splendid appearance in uniform and his bright , c heerful spirit indicated how satisfied he was with camp life and how willi ng to face any kind of hardship for the honor of his country. He happen ed to be on the ill fated ship, Muldova, which was torpedoed off the coa st of England by one of the German U-Boats, but he, with all the other sol dier boys, was safely transferred to another vessel, very few lives bei ng lost at this time. He wrote home as many of the details as would pa ss the censor of the torpedoing of the boat and stated that what might ha ve been the loss of hundreds of lives of the soldier boys was easily diver ted by Divine Provi-dence and the splendid discipline which prevailed on board the transpor t. The soldier boys were landed on the coast of England where they remain ed for some weeks before crossing the channel to France. He had taken pa rt in several drives against the fearful Huns, during the summer months a nd was killed, gloriously fighting for his country and the freedom of demo cracy, on July 18th. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to t he father and mother, brothers and sisters in their sad loss. They can on ly accept as a part of the sad experiences of the war things which can n ot be fully understood, turning in their grief and sorrow to the God of a ll goodness and mercy who wills everything for the best.

Obituary:
Thomas McHugh - Chilton Times-July 1918, Judy McHugh shared this information
Thomas Mchugh Dies For His Flag
Popular Stockbridge boy Killed in action July eighteenth on the Battle Field in France
An official letter from Washington Tuesday addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Michael McHugh of Stockbridge brought these sad tidings: "Your son Thomas was killed in action July 18th." Altho many such sad messages are daily sent out from Washington to grief stricken parents all over the country, yet, when an announcement of this nature comes home to us, and not till then do we fully realize the sadness of war.
Thomas McHugh, oldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Michael McHugh, was born May 12th, 1888, on what is now the Town Farm, two miles south of the village of Stockbridge. He grew to manhood there and attended High School and when 20 years of age made a trip through the West and North. He spent some months with his uncle, Peter O'Toole, now of Glascow, Montana, and from there he traveled up into Canada where he found employment with a lumbering concern. Returning east, he was employed in Oshkosh for some time and when war was finally declared against Germany he came home and valiantly offered his services to his country, leaving here in November for Camp Custer.
He spent two short furloughs at home, one in December and the last one on New Years Day, both of which visits will be cherished and remembered by his friends. His splendid appearance in uniform and his bright , cheerful spirit indicated how satisfied he was with camp life and how willing to face any kind of hardship for the honor of his country.
He happened to be on the ill fated ship, Muldova, which was torpedoed off the coast of England by one of the German U-Boats, but he, with all the other soldier boys, was safely transferred to another vessel, very few lives being lost at this time. He wrote home as many of the details as would pass the censor of the torpedoing of the boat and stated that what might have been the loss of hundreds of lives of the soldier boys was easily diverted by Divine Providence and the splendid discipline which prevailed on board the transport. The soldier boys were landed on the coast of England where they remained for some weeks before crossing the channel to France. He had taken part in several drives against the fearful Huns, during the summer months and was killed, gloriously fighting for his country and the freedom of democracy, on July 18th. The sympathy of the entire community goes out to the father and mother, brothers and sisters in their sad loss. They can only accept as a part of the sad experiences of the war things which can not be fully understood, turning in their grief and sorrow to the God of all goodness and mercy who wills everything for the best.