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Able Seaman WILLIAM HUGHES

Service Number: 188629
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

(RFR/CH/B/6314) H.M.S. Cornwallis

Date of Death

Died 25 April 1915

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

V BEACH CEMETERY

I. 8.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Hughes, of Liverpool; husband of Edith M. Jones (formerly Hughes), of 24, Fedora St., Liverpool.
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Buried or commemorated at

V BEACH CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 696
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