Name
Reginald Ingress Hughes
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/12/1915
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
404124
Canadian Infantry
3rd. Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD
I. D. 164.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
St Edmunds College Memorial, Old Hall Green
Biography
The following text was transcribed from The Edmundian (1814-1819) – The contemporary magazine of St Edmund’s College:
Reginald Hughes was a student at St. Edmund's for about four years 1901-1905. He joined the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and went to France with the 1st Brigade. On December 21st of last year he was wounded, and died two days later, aged 26. It is some. consolation to learn that he received the Church's last rites, and that he was laid to rest in. the Catholic Cemetery at Baillieul.
Acknowledgments
Jonty Wild, Di Vanderson, The Edmundian (1814-1819) – The contemporary magazine of St Edmund’s College
