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Sergeant RICHARD HUGHES

Service Number: 1572188
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 06 September 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. JOHN'S WESTGATE AND ELSWICK) CEMETERY

Sec. O. New Ground. Grave 898.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jacob and Annie I. Hughes, of Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS SO THOUGHTFUL LOVING AND KIND, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY TO LEAVE BEHIND
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. JOHN'S WESTGATE AND ELSWICK) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 288
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