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Sgt. Eric Hughes
British Army 13th Battalion Parachute Regiment
from:Lancashire
(d.23rd August 1944)
My grandfather, Eric Hughes, died in August 1944 at the Battle of Pegasus Bridge and is buried in Ranville War Cemetery in France. He was 35 years old and had previously served with the 2/4th Btn, South Lancashire Regiment.