Hugh was born and raised in on his parents farm Hafodoer, Brithdir, near Dolgellau, Merionethshire.
Very little is apparently recorded about Hugh before he enlisted in the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
There is no information on the circumstances of Hugh's death or his location that day other than he was killed in action on 19 September 1917. As he is buried in Erquinghem it can be presumed that he was killed nearby. 
Hugh's brother Evan William was to die, also in the Ypres Salient, two months later, on 17 November 1917.  
Hugh is buried in Erquinghem Churchyard Extension in Erquinghem near Ypres. He is commemorated alongside his brother on the War Memorial in Dolgellau.  
We will remember him. 

Emrys Tippett