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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Llanrhos
• Land Wales
• Family Eldest son of Mr and Mrs Owen Hughes, of Oak Cottage, Llanrhos; Husband of Mary Ellen Jones (formerly Hughes), of 12, Park Terrace, Tywyn, Deganwy, North Wales; two children;
• Profession Worked at Haulfre Gardens and Osborne House
• Extra info “the first of the Llanrhos young men to enlist, and the first to fall" (newspaper cutting) ; member of St George’s Church Choir

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 16 October 1917, Carnarvon
• Service number 265802
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 1st Bn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
• Attached or transferred from 6 - Bn. -

Death

• Wounded 1 October, east of Polygon Wood
• Type of wounds Died of gunshot wounds in the back, in n°3 Can CCS
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXIV - E - 12

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