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Military service
Service number:
J/4825
Age:
35
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
10 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
December 1, 1906
Cheshire, England
Enlistment:
October 17, 1940
Ontario
Death:
April 15, 1942
Hampshire, England
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Row 2. Grave 23.
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Son of Pryce Edward and Ethel Bessie (nee Williams) Hughes of Cheshire, England and brother of Nancie and Dilys. Husband of Jane Elizabeth Gillian (nee James) Hughes, of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Father of Michael and Susan. Cousin of Flight Lieutenant George Pryce Hughes, Royal Canadian Air Force attached to the 105 (RAF) Squadron, killed in action on 11 July 1942.
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Commemorated on:
Page 83 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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WYBUNBURY (ST. CHAD) CHURCHYARD Cheshire, United Kingdom
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