Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes | |
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![]() Brigadier Glyn Hughes at Bergen-Belsen, 1945 | |
Nickname(s) | "Hughie" |
Born | Ventersburg, Orange Free State (now South Africa) | 25 July 1892
Died | 24 November 1973 Edinburgh, Scotland | (aged 81)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1915–1947 |
Rank | Brigadier |
Service number | 111060 |
Unit | Wiltshire Regiment Grenadier Guards |
Commands | Royal Army Medical Corps |
Battles/wars | First World War Second World War |
Awards | Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order & Two Bars Military Cross Order of St. John of Jerusalem Mentioned in Despatches Croix de guerre (France) Legion of Merit (United States) |
Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes, CBE, DSO & Two Bars, MC, MRCS (25 July 1892 – 24 November 1973) was a British military officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and later a medical administrator, educationalist and sports administrator. Hughes served in both the First and Second World Wars and is notable for his role in the care and rehabilitation of the victims of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.[1]