Brigadier Glyn Hughes

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Brigadier Glyn Hughes was a British Army medical officer renowned for organizing emergency relief and medical care for survivors during the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer
human
military doctor
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
causeOfDeath natural causes
conflict World War I
World War II
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1892
dateOfDeath 1973
educatedAt St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College
surface form: St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College

University of London
employer Royal Army Medical Corps
familyName Hughes
fieldOfWork emergency medical relief
medicine
public health
genre military medicine
givenName Glyn
hasRole senior medical officer at liberation of Bergen-Belsen
memberOf Royal Army Medical Corps
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank Brigadier
notableFor organizing emergency relief and medical care for survivors at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
notableWork post-liberation organization of medical and relief services at Bergen-Belsen
occupation military medical officer
physician
participatedIn World War II
surface form: Second World War

liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
placeOfActivity BergenBelsen
surface form: Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
placeOfBirth South Wales
positionHeld Deputy Director of Medical Services, British Second Army
residence England

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BergenBelsen liberationCommander Brigadier Glyn Hughes
subject surface form: Bergen-Belsen