Martin McHugh's remembered by his grandson Graham McHugh.
Martin McHugh remembered by his grandson Graham McHugh.
Martin was born in Northwich in 1893 of Irish parents and moved to Salford at 17. He signed up in 1914, and was with 179 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery, Pendleton, Salford before serving in France. He won the Distinguished Conduct Medal 'for great gallantry and devotion to duty, near Raillencourt, France, on night of 3/4th November 1918 while manning an observation post. The area was be…
Contributors
- Graham McHugh
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- Martin McHugh
- Graham McHugh
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914
- 1914
- 1914
Contributors
- Graham McHugh
Subject
- World War I
- Remembrance
- Martin McHugh
- Graham McHugh
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Date
- 1914
- 1914
- 1914
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2012-03-11 12:27:53 UTC
- 2012-03-11
- 2012-03-11
Temporal
- europeana19141918:timespan/623e9f76e1b4a7b54ce9fb81d1ca3669
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- PR17
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 3248
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/3248
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Year
- 1914
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:12:09.254Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z