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John Alexander Edward Hughes

In memory of:

Private John Alexander Edward Hughes

September 29, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

527000

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

72nd Bn.

Honours and Awards:

Military Medal and Bar

Additional Information


Born:

May 17, 1899

Son of Alexander and Margaret Hughes, of 60, Sixteenth Avenue, Lachine, Quebec.

Commemorated on Page 433 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. B. 15.

Location:

BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY is situated on the D919 heading south from Arras to Ayette. The Cemetery is on the right hand side of the road, 9 kilometres from Arras, just before a crossroads with the D36 between Ficheux and Boisleux-au-Mont.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

Send us your images

  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Honour Roll– From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918".  McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926.
  • Photo of John Hughes
  • Photo 2 of John Hughes
  • Family Photo
  • Attestation Paper (page 1)– Source: Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War.
  • Attestation Paper (page 2)– Source: Library and Archives Canada. Soldiers of the First World War.

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