The story
Name: I W HUGHES
Rank: Petty Officer Radio Mechanic
Official number: SR 16359
Role: -
Service/attached: RNSR
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ukussa, Katukurunda. Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-06-11
Aircraft: -
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row B, Grave 4
Family details: Son of Joseph and Susan Hughes; husband of Kathleen Mary Hughes, of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales
Rank: Petty Officer Radio Mechanic
Official number: SR 16359
Role: -
Service/attached: RNSR
Squadron: -
Ship/station: H.M.S. Ukussa, Katukurunda. Ceylon
Date of death: 1945-06-11
Aircraft: -
Place of death: Ceylon
Circumstances: DIED
Buried/commemorated: COLOMBO (LIVERAMENTU) CEMETERY
Commemoration details: Plot 1, Row B, Grave 4
Family details: Son of Joseph and Susan Hughes; husband of Kathleen Mary Hughes, of Shotton, Flintshire, Wales
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