Name:
Edgar Franklin Hughes
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
437440
Unit:
7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Date of Death:
1917-11-10
State:
Maryland
Cemetery:
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
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Edgar Franklin Hughes was born on December 23, 1892, in Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland. He was the son of Josiah R. Hughes and Eliza Barnds Eichelberger Hughes. He was a farm laborer before enlisting in the service. He served in the 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment), as a Private during World War I.
Pvt Hughes died on November 10, 1917. His name is memorialized on the Menin Gate Memorial, Panel #28 in Ypres, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
Source of information: www.cwgc.org