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Hugh William Hughes

In memory of:

Private Hugh William Hughes

September 17, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

826936

Age:

37

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)

Division:

47th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

August 27, 1880

Son of John James and Mary Ann Hughes, of Old Southgate, London, England; husband of Mrs. D. M. Hughes, of Main Rd., Thundersley, Essex, England.

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:

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

XXVI. B. 8.

Location:

Etaples is a town about 27 kilometres south of Boulogne. The Etaples Military Cemetery is to the north of the town, on the west side of the road to Boulogne.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of September 21, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y245uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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