7343626 Private Thomas Joseph Hughes
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
Born on: 01 Jan 1917
Died on: 19 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 27
Buried at: First buried in Arnhem General Cemetery, now
Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery 19.A.6.
Rest in Peace Private Hughes:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Thomas and Helen Hughes, of Manchester; husband of Joan Hughes, of Whalley Range, Manchester.
Thanks to R.P. “Bob” Hilton;
Diana Andrews; Allan Brown; Andrew Blacklock; Jon Baker; John Howes; Graham Francis; Bob Gerritsen; Darren
Wielink; Maarten Lenssen; Judith Minkman; Philip Reinders; Hans den Brok; many 11th Battalion veterans; family, next of kin
and friends; staff of the Airborne Museum Hartenstein Oosterbeek; Airborne Assault Museum Duxford; and Gerrit Pijpers OBE without whom
this website would not have been possible.