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Second Lieutenant JOHN EDWYN HUGHES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

II. F. 36.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Hughes, of Port Dinorwic, Carnarvonshire; husband of Sydney Ellen Williams (formerly Hughes), of Stag Cottage, Llanfair P.G., Anglesey.
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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