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Private JOHN HUGHES

Service Number: 14629851
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

IX. E. 35.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Hughes, of Glencraig, Fife.
  • Personal Inscription A PEACE-LOVING NATURE A HEART SO KIND BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND

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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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