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Military service
Service number:
B/27145
Age:
31
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Rifles of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Birth:
August 5, 1910
St. Stephen, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
October 25, 1939
Death:
December 19, 1941
Lye Mun, Hong Kong
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Column 23.
Additional information
Son of Leonard James Hughes and Grace Anna Garnett. Husband of Isabelle Grace Bragg, of Toronto, Ontario.
Additional citations
War Medal 1939-1945, Pacific Star, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, 1939-1945 Star.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
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Newspaper Clipping
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Memorial
Sergeant HAROLD BRANSCOMBE HUGHES is one of 22 members of the Royal Rifles of Canada, Royal Canadian Infantry Corps who are commemorated on this panel of the Sai Wan Memorial. He was one of 290 Canadian soldiers killed during the defense of Hong Kong, from December 8th to December 25th, 1941. -
Inscription
Dedicatory inscription of the SAI WAN MEMORIAL. This memorial bears the names of more than 2,000 Commonwealth servicemen, including 228 Canadians -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Canada and the Defence of Hong Kong.
Source: Veterans Affairs Canada. -
Photo of Harold Branscombe Hughes
In memory of those who served in Hong Kong during World War 11 and did not come home. Submitted with permission on behalf of the Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association by Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of Harold Branscombe Hughes
This photo is of Harold Branscombe Hughes. The family memory of this photo is that it is a cropped version of a sports team photo, probably football. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Harold Branscombe Hughes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 33 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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