Private William Edwin Hughes
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Hughes,
William Edwin
Date of birth: 1890-11-21
Place of birth: Mission British Columbia Canada
Next of kin: Mr. Fred Hughes, Mission Junction, Mission, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Locomotive Fireman
Occupation (normalized): Railway Steam-Engine Fireman
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1916-11-23
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Rouen), O. II. H. 8.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 628062
Highest Rank:
Private
(47th Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Great Britain
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 27721
LAC ID:
472339
Service file: B4600-S041
Uploader's Notes:
CEF Burial Registers - Died of Wounds - was wounded in the head by concussion from a "whizz-bang" shell and sustained a fracture to the base of the skull. He was unconscious when taken out of the trenches a few hours later, bleeding from the nose and ears, also probably internally injured, as he was buired by the falling in of the trench. He was evacuated to No. 10 General Hospital, Rouen, where he later succumbed.
previous service-6th Regt
Uploader's Research notes: 47th Battalion Nominal Roll [Private Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20