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Private DOUGLAS EDWARD HUGHES

Service Number: 4918125
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 21 May 1940 and 22 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY

V. B. 55.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hughes, of Wednesfield, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription A SOLDIER HE DID WANT TO BE, SO HE DIED TO SET US FREE. GOD BLESS YOU, DEAR DOUGY.
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 233
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