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Private HOWARD HUGHES

Service Number: 28943
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 November 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. H. 22A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Daniel and Margaret Hughes, of Talybont, Cardiganshire; husband of Hannah Hughes, of 2, Elgar Terrace, Talybont.
  • Personal Inscription FOR TO ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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