HUGHES, Charles Richard
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Rank:
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
6010576
Died :
Saturday, December 27, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Lance Sergeant Charles Hughes, 2 troop, was shot and killed at Vaagso, Norway. Son of Charles Richard and Gwendoline Hughes; husband of Dorothy May Hughes, of Southend-on-Sea, Essex.
Service Record
27/1/40 Posted as a Lance Corporal to 309 ITC (Infantry Training Centre) at Blandford Camp, Dorset
24/2/40 whilst at 309 ITC appointed Acting Corporal (unpaid).
24/2/40 whilst at 309 ITC now appointed paid Acting Corporal
24/5/40 whilst at 309 ITC granted War Substantive rank of Corporal
7/7/40 Posted No.3 Commando at Plymouth attached from 309 ITC
10/11/40 Absorbed into 4 Special Service Battalion
5/3/41 Posted No.3 Commando
31/5/41 Posted to Special Training Centre (STC) Lochailort.
12/6/41 Appointed paid Lance Sergeant No.3 Commando.
15/6/41 Ceases to be Attached (CTBA) to STC Lochailort rejoining No.3 Cdo.
24/2/40 whilst at 309 ITC appointed Acting Corporal (unpaid).
24/2/40 whilst at 309 ITC now appointed paid Acting Corporal
24/5/40 whilst at 309 ITC granted War Substantive rank of Corporal
7/7/40 Posted No.3 Commando at Plymouth attached from 309 ITC
10/11/40 Absorbed into 4 Special Service Battalion
5/3/41 Posted No.3 Commando
31/5/41 Posted to Special Training Centre (STC) Lochailort.
12/6/41 Appointed paid Lance Sergeant No.3 Commando.
15/6/41 Ceases to be Attached (CTBA) to STC Lochailort rejoining No.3 Cdo.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/36.
Storm from the Sea, author Brigadier Peter Young.
[Image and Copy of Service Record] Mark Ruddock.
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