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Private WILLIAM HUGHES

Service Number: 52884
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

XIII. A. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Hughes, of 38, Bold St., Altrincham, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription SAFE IN GOD'S KEEPING JUST OUT OF SIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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