SAS Hughes, James Quentin (Jimmy)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hughes ​

• FORENAME

James Quentin (Jimmy) ​

• UNIT

2 SAS ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

187543 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross and bar ​

• PLACE

Italy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 28.2.1920 Liverpool​

educated Rydal School,North Wales​

student at Liverpool School of Architecture in civilian life​

208 Anti-Aircraft Training Regiment,Royal Artillery 1939​

commissioned​

48/71 D Battery,Royal Artillery,Malta​

2 SAS 1943-45​

injured and POW on Op. Pomegranate 19.1.1944​

escaped May 1944​

2 SAS again 1944 (chief instructor and training officer)​

2 SAS (C.O. HQ Squadron) 1945 (Major)​

injured in jeep accident and retired from Army​

architect postwar​

awarded O.B.E. 1999​

awarded Order of Merit of Malta 2004​

married Margaret Evans 1947 (2 daughters) (dissolved)​

married Josephine Radcliff 1983 (1 daughter)​

author "Who Cares Who Wins" (1998)​

died 8.5.2004​

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