Private Percy Barnsley Hughes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hughes,
Percy Barnsley
Date of birth: 1887-04-25
Place of birth: Tunbridge Wells Kent England
Next of kin: William B. Hughes; father; 26, Stewart Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Nine Elms Military Cemetery (France), III. B. 14.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 466817
Highest Rank:
Private
(5th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 5th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Private (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While taking part with his Company in the attack on Vimy Ridge on the early morning of April 9th 1917, he was hit in the head and body and instantly killed by bullets from an enemy machine gun, shortly after leaving the “jumping off” trench.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 297212
LAC ID:
475789
Service file: B4596-S044
Uploader's Notes:
Aged 27 (CWGC)
Son of W. Barnsley Hughes and Ellen Hughes, of Tunbridge Wells, England.
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Private Army Canadian Infantry 63rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 5th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-08-19