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225480Pte. Stephen John Arthur Hughes
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Swindon
(d.23rd Jun 1917)
picture of grave
Stephen Hughes was my father's Uncle, he had a brother Harold (my Grandfather) and two sisters Winnie and Elsie. Stephen died on the 23rd June 1917, of shrapnel wounds to his left leg and elbow, just 3 days after writing home to his parents. In his letter he wrote asking about the weather in Swindon as it had been raining in torrents for 2 days. He said he would send his credits home only to be used for Harold to buy his tools.( He was a carpenter) and he asked his Mum to send him a bread pudding and a Khaki jacket, because the lice did not like those ones!! He closed with fondest love from your loving son.Stephen is buried at a military Cemetery in Belgium. There is a picture taken by Winnie and Elsie when they visited in 1972. There are some family photos, grave, letter medal, birth and death certificate
Stephen in uniform
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