Sapper John R Hughes

John Rowland Hughes was the son of John and Mary Hughes, of Llanerchymedd, Anglesey. He enlisted in the General Service Corps and volunteered for Airborne forces.

Sapper Hughes successfully completed parachute training at RAF Ringway on course number 93, from 29 November to 13 December 1943. His course report stated ‘Consistently good, applied training intelligently.’ He was posted to 1st Parachute Squadron, Corps of Royal Engineers, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Spr Hughes was listed as a POW in Stalag XIIA in March 1945. He may have been a casualty of a forced march when his camp was evacuated in the face of the advancing Russians. He died on 2 April 1945, aged 22. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Groesbeek memorial to the missing.

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