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L/Cpl. Hugh Crawford MM.

British Army No.1 Squadron Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry)

from:Ballybrakes, Co. Antrim

(d.4th April 1918)

According to his sister, Mary, Hugh Crawford found "sitting on an office stool training to be a solicitor’s clerk far too frustrating". He left Ballybrakes and enlisted in Scotland. He was killed in April 1918. His parents received his Military Medal in September that year, however, why he was decorated has never been discovered by his family. In a letter to his parents his Commander said of Hugh `he died a gallant soldier and men of his character can ill be spared’.



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