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Sapper WILLIAM JOHN BEAUCHAMP HUGHES

Service Number: 34892
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

2nd Divisional Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. D. 158.

France

Plovdiv Central Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Plovdiv Central Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Plovdiv Central Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Plovdiv Central Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Plovdiv Central Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Plovdiv Central Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

Plovdiv Central Cemetery

Photographer: Andrew Fetherston

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Mary Hughes; husband of Mary Josephine Hughes, of 2, Lochinvar St., Breeze Hill, Walton, Liverpool. Served in North West Frontier of India Campaign (1508). Born at Maida Vale, London.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM ALL WHO LOVED HIM EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS HIS WIFE JOSEPHINE
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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