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Harry Hughes
« on: Tuesday 16 May 23 20:11 BST (UK) »
Commonwealth War Graves Commission are appealing for blood relatives of Private Harry Hughes -
Regiment  Gloucestershire Regiment "A" Coy. 2nd Bn. Service Number: 17777. died 15 May 1915 - aged 18 years old -  Buried Stourbridge Cemetery.

The private memorial marking the grave of Pvt Harry Hughes no longer provides adequate commemoration. The Commission are in the process of producing a new headstone.

Son of Mrs. Annie Hughes, of The Wye, Charfield, Glos.

Commemorated at
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL - Panel 22.

FIND A GRAVE

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124998192/harry-hughes

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1615289/harry-hughes/

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Re: Harry Hughes
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 16 May 23 20:14 BST (UK) »


1911 census  Mill Road, Charfield, Glos

George Hughes   51 Labourer.
Annie E Hughes   48  Mill Hand.
Minnie Hughes   19  Mill Hand.
Joseph Hughes   16  Mill Hand.
Albert A Hughes   14  Mill Hand.
Harry Hughes   13  Mill Hand.
Jack K Hughes   9

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Re: Harry Hughes
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 16 May 23 20:18 BST (UK) »
Father died 1930

George Albert Hughes  - 1859 - 1930  (aged 71 years
Burial Date   27 Nov 1930 Charfield, Gloucestershire, England
Parish as it Appears   Charfield

mother remarried 1936

mother died 1961

Annie E Morgan - 1865 - 1961  (aged 96 years)
Registration district   Stroud   Gloucestershire
Volume   7b Page   564

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Re: Harry Hughes
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 16 May 23 20:19 BST (UK) »


message sent to anc tree owner. Hope its near relative.

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