Lives of the First World War

36359 Private William J Hughes 10th Btn Cheshire Regiment

36359 Private William J Hughes 10th Btn Cheshire Regiment Newspaper Cutting

William Hughes' War Grave Blighty Valley Cemetery Authuille France

Aged 19 years... to young to die

This is where William Hughes was laid to rest. Identified Casualties: 491 Location Information Authuile (now Authuille) and Aveluy are villages 4 kilometres north-east of the town of Albert. The Cemetery is situated in a valley half way between these two villages on the D151 (Cemetery is signposted on exit of Aveluy direction Authuille). The Cemetery is on the eastern side of the road D151 and access is 500 metres by grass pathway (unfit for cars). Historical Information Blighty Valley was the name given by the Army to the lower part of the deep valley running down South-Westward through Authuile Wood to join the river between Authuile and Aveluy; a railway was carried along it soon after July, 1916, and it was for some time an important (though inevitably a dangerous) route. The upper part of the valley was called Nab Valley. Blighty Valley Cemetery is almost at the mouth of the valley, a little way up its northern bank. I

Memorial wreath.

LEST WE FORGET.