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Military service
Service number:
675695
Age:
18
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Peter and Lanah Hughes, of Burgessville, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private William Albert Hughes
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Death notice
"Killed in Action." During an attack on enemy position West of Lens, he was killed by an enemy shell which burst close to him. -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Photo of family grave marker, commemorating their son, located in the Burgessville Baptist Cemetery, Burgessville Ontario
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Hughes
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Hughes
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Hughes
Digital gallery of
Private William Albert Hughes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 260 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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