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Marcus Henry Hugh
Hayward
1898
Backwell, Somerset
26th March 1918
Died of wounds in the retreat from St Simon near the canal as the Germans launched the Spring Offensive
19
Mezieres Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
First World War
Second Lieutenant
7th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
3rd Battalion Somerset Light Infantry
His unidentified body was moved post war and then identified. The memorial plaque and medal for Marcus was discovered buried in the garden of a Backwell house in 2018
