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William Roy Hughes

In memory of:

Private William Roy Hughes

May 28, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

159529

Age:

26

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

18th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 9, 1890

Son of W. J. and Alice Johnstone Hughes, of Grimsby, Ontario. Husband of Jeanie Hughes, of Toronto, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 260 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. B. 16.

Location:

Barlin is a village about 11 kilometres south-west of Bethune on the D188, between the Bethune-Arras and Bethune-St. Pol roads, about 6.5 kilometres south-east of Bruay. The BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY and EXTENSION lie to the north of the village on the D171 road to Houchin.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– From the Toronto Star for 6 June 1917.
  • Grimsby Ontario War Memorial

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