SAS Hughes, Stanley Raymond

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Hughes
  • FORENAME
Stanley Raymond
  • UNIT
Special Boat Squadron (M Squadron)
  • RANK
Fusilier
  • NUMBER
4130995
  • DATE OF DEATH
8th April 1945
  • AGE
23
  • GRAVESITE
Argenta Gap War Cemetery,Italy II.E.10
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit 1 Bn Royal Irish Fusiliers
born Denbighshire
resided Yorkshire
son of Edward Lloyd and Bertha Hughes
husband of Hilda May Hughes,Stoneycroft,Lancashire
award M.M.
Op.Fry - KIA Lake Comacchio
 

DATE OF DEATH:

08-Apr-1945

CITATION:

Military Medal : At approximately 0400 hrs 2 Dec 43 Cpl. Hughes entered St. VITO as 2 i/c a patrol led by Lt. Day. The main German positions were five miles to the South and the town itself was strongly held by Germans. As the patrol fought their way into the town two Germans pounced on the back of a Bren gunner, these Cpl. Hughes promptly killed with his Tommy Gun. He then took charge of one Section of the patrol and advancing boldly down the Main street he took eight German prisoners and killed three German motor cyclists. By this time the town was in an uproar and finding that Lt Day had been badly wounded by fire from Armoured Cars he collected the Patrol and cleverly hid them in houses until the town was taken by 6 Innisks twelve hours later.

It is considered that this spirited entry into the town and the havoc wrought by this NCO and his men must have seriously embarrassed the main German forces holding the river to the South. Reports from the men in the patrol prove that Cpl. Hughes is a fearless and outstanding leader.

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56442029/stanley-raymond-hughes
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