Service Details
Name:
 HUGHES
Given Name:
 JOHN HUGH EDWARD
Initials:
 J H E
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Garrison Artillery
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Unit:
 156th Siege Bty.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly 0378 Pte Imperial Light Horse
Date of Death:
 1917-07-10
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Age:
 25
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of John Henry and Alice Hughes, of 8 Craven St., Newbury, Berkshire, England; formerly of Cradock, Cape Colony. Educated Dale College, King William's Town, Eastern Cape. A civil engineer. Served as a Private (#0378) with the 5th SA Mounted Rifles (Imperial Light Horse) in GSWA 1914-1915; travelled to England to re-enlist with the 300th Siege Battery, RGA; recommended for a commission 13/3/1916; served with the 156th Siege Battery, RGA in France. Commemorated on Dale College, KWT; the Cradock & Tarkastad, Eastern Cape WWI Memorials
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 COJEUL BRITISH CEMETERY, ST. MARTIN-SUR-COJEUL
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Grave Reference:
 B. 1.

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