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Samuel Hughes

Private

Service No. 5044

Age 18

Died on 3 September 1916

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Samuel and Louisa Hughes, of 7, Ventnor Place, Clifton Rd., Aston, Birmingham.

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Henry Harrison

Samuel, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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We will remember them.

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Gemma Hughes

Samuels life came to an abrupt end on September 3rd 1916,we are eternally grateful for the ultimate sacrifice made by Him and his comrades x

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Samuel, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown...

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