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Charles Alexander Hughes

In memory of:

Private Charles Alexander Hughes

April 9, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

159110

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

4th Canadian Mounted Rifles (2nd Central Ontario Regt.)

Additional Information


Born:

July 10, 1896

Son of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hughes, of Grimsby, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 259 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

QUATRE-VENTS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

III. B. 18.

Location:

Les Quatre-Vents is a hamlet about 2 kilometres south-east of Estree-Cauchy, a village and commune 16 kilometres north-west of Arras on the old Roman road to Therouanne. This road is now part of the main road from Arras through Therouanne to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Photo of CHARLES ALEXANDER HUGHES– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Newspaper Clipping
  • Grimsby Ontario War Memorial

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