Hugh Hesketh Hughes

Hugh Hesketh Hughes (October 1902 – 23 May 1940) was a Welsh champion polo player who trained in Argentina.[1]

Biography

He was born in October 1902 in Flintshire, Wales. He participated in the 1936 International Polo Cup.[1] He was a second lieutenant in the Welsh Guards during World War II and was killed on 23 May 1940 in France. He is buried in the St. Martin-Boulogne Communal Cemetery.[2]

References
  1. "At Hurlingham". Time magazine. June 22, 1936. Retrieved 2011-04-07. Hero of Hurlingham turned out to be Hesketh Hughes, a Welshman who learned his polo in the Argentine and looks like Golfer Gene Sarazen. A scrimmaging, scuffling, head-on player, with no finesse but prodigious determination, Hughes kept bunting shots past Winston Guest, who played at back as though he thought his opposing No. 1 were not worth bothering with. When, in the fourth chukker, chunky little Hughes poked the ball between the posts three times, England was only a goal behind.
  2. "Hugh Hesketh Hughes". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 April 2011. Regiment/Service: Welsh Guards Date of Death: 23/05/1940 Service No: 103800 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
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