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Military service
Age:
23
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Engineers
Death:
August 26, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. E. 15.
Additional information
Son of John Ward Hughson and Edith Boyd Hughson, of Ottawa, Ontario. Awarded the Rainnie Bugle at The Royal Military College, Kingston.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
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Memorial Plaque
A memorial tablet at St Andrew's Church in Ottawa is dedicated to the members of the Congregation whose lives were sacrificed in World War II. -
Press Clipping
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Press Clipping
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Monument
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Monument (2)
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Monument (3)
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Photo of Ward Hughson
This is a photo of Lieut. Ward Hughson taken by Yousuf Karsh. Photo courtesy of the Royal Military College Museum, Kingston, Ontario. -
Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Cemetery
The Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery, located 20 kilometres south of Caen, France. (J. Stephens) -
Stained Glass Window
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2768 Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson (RMC 1939) was the son of John Ward Hughson and Edith Boyd Hughson, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was awarded the Rainnie Bugle at The Royal Military College, Kingston. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on August 26, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France: XVIII. E. 15. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2768 Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson (RMC 1939) was the son of John Ward Hughson and Edith Boyd Hughson, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was awarded the Rainnie Bugle at The Royal Military College, Kingston. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on August 26, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France: XVIII. E. 15. -
Plaque
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2768 Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson (RMC 1939) was the son of John Ward Hughson and Edith Boyd Hughson, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was awarded the Rainnie Bugle at The Royal Military College, Kingston. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on August 26, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France: XVIII. E. 15. -
Grave marker
2768 Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson (RMC 1939) was the son of John Ward Hughson and Edith Boyd Hughson, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was awarded the Rainnie Bugle at The Royal Military College, Kingston. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on August 26, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France: XVIII. E. 15. -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2768 Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson (RMC 1939) was the son of John Ward Hughson and Edith Boyd Hughson, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was awarded the Rainnie Bugle at The Royal Military College, Kingston. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on August 26, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France: XVIII. E. 15. -
Photo of WARD CAMPBELL HUGHSON
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 2768 Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson (RMC 1939) was the son of John Ward Hughson and Edith Boyd Hughson, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was awarded the Rainnie Bugle at The Royal Military College, Kingston. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers. He died on August 26, 1944 at 23 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France: XVIII. E. 15. -
Memorial
WWII Memorial, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Id card
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WARD CAMPBELL HUGHSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Ward Campbell Hughson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 340 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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