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Serjeant JOHN HUGHES

Service Number: 995
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

XVII. A. 15.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of Jane Hughes, of 2, Mersey View Rd., Halebank, Widnes, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM OUR HOME BUT LEAVING MEMORIES DEATH CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany
Number of casualties: 3324
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