HUME, HENRY ARTHUR FRED
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Fusilier
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21/09/1944
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Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th Bn
I. E. 18.
Lovely memories
Treasured ever of happy days we spent together
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Son of Frederick Beecham Hume and May Hume, of Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire.
Born on 2-3-1917, Wellingborough, North Hampshire. Initially buried at Oerle.
From the service records of Henry Arthur Fred Hume, the following account can be reconstructed.
Henry Arthur Fred Hume was born on 2 March 1917 in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire In civilian life he worked as a splitter. He was described as being 5 feet 6½ inches tall, with blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was unmarried.
He enlisted in the British Army on 2 April 1940, joining the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Henry was deployed to North-West Europe on 24 June 1944 as part of the Allied campaign following the Normandy landings.
Henry Arthur Fred Hume was killed in action on 21 September 1944.
Higham Ferrers War Memorial
Peterborough Evening Telegraph 22 September 1951
