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Second Lieutenant CHARLES LAURIE HUGHES

Service Number: 99225
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1940

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CARVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row H. Grave 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Charles William and Ellen Elizabeth Hughes; husband of Molly Hughes, of Blaby, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription WHAT STANDS IF FREEDOM FALL? WHO DIES IF ENGLAND LIVE?
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Buried or commemorated at

CARVIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 72
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