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Petty Officer Airman GORDON BOOTH HUGHES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Heron

Date of Death

Died 09 November 1945

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YEOVILTON ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY

Row G. Grave 1.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Vernon and Helen Ross Hughes, of Powell River, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription "SLIPPED THE SURLY BONDS OF EARTH... PUT OUT MY HAND AND TOUCHED THE FACE OF GOD"
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