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Private JOHN ELIAS HUGHES

Service Number: 25402
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BUSIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. C. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elias and Ellen Hughes, of 1, Bright Terrace, Deganwy, Carnarvonshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE WEAKENED MY STRENGTH IN THE WAY HE SHORTENED MY DAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

BUSIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 760
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