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Captain CHRISTOPHER JAMES HUGHES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Connaught Rangers

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 May 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

V. S. 15.

Iraq

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Christopher and Nannie Hughes, of Graiguenamanah, Co. Kilkenny. Educated at Clongowes Wood College, Ireland. Gazetted to the 3rd Bn. Connaught Rangers in 1901. Served in the South African Campaign with 3rd Bn. Highland Light Inf. (1902).
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BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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