Photo: Brian Chandler
R. Hughes
Flight Engineer
Royal Air Force
6th September 1944, age 21.
Always so thoughtful
loving and kind
what a beautiful memory
he leaves behind.
In front of the headstone is a vase which is inscribed:
Hughes R.A.F.
Died 6th Sept. 1944
Aged 21 years.
Richard was the son of Jacob and Annie I., of 88 Margarete Road, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
RIchard Hughes is remembered in Jesmond on J1.04 and J1.18 and in a RAF Roll of Honour page 58.