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Military service
Service number:
185
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion
Birth:
April 26, 1892
Death:
January 27, 1919
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
X. 2. 4.
Additional information
Son of Eliza Hughes, of 20, Hamilton Rd., Longsight, Manchester, England, and the late Mr. J. Hughes.
Digital gallery of Private Thomas Hughes
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Gravemarker
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War Diary
War Diary of the Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion for January 1919 noting the death of Private Hughes from pneumonia following influenza. -
Medals
Death Plaque, Memorial Cross, Trio (1914-15 Star, British War Medal, and Victory Medal), and Metal Dog Tag all named to Thomas Hughes. Badges have been collected seperately and will be displayed with His Medals. -
Photo of THOMAS HUGHES
Funeral for Private Thomas Hughes 27 Jan 1919 Popelsdorf Military Cemetery Bonn Germany Honoured by his colleagues in the Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion. Photo courtesy of the Canadian Letter and Image Project, the Ramsey Edward Cresswell Collection (reinterred later to a CWG cemetery) -
Photo of THOMAS HUGHES
Funeral for Pte T Hughes 30 Jan 1919 Poppelsdorf Military Cemetery Bonn Germany B Coy Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion in attendance (later reinterred in Belgium)
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Private Thomas Hughes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Hughes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Hughes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Hughes
Digital gallery of
Private Thomas Hughes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 536 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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