PUGH Eric Vincent

Appears on the Army casualty list for Worcestershire.

Berrow’s Worcester Journal, Saturday 24th June 1944:
Capt. E.V. Pugh Killed in Action.
The death is reported in action in France of Captain Eric Vincent Pugh R.A., of Worcester. Mrs Pugh and a daughter reside at The Broadway, St. John’s.
Captain Pugh was the only son of Councillor and Mrs. Vincent Pugh, of The Coppice, Barneshall, Worcester.
Although he was with the Royal Artillery, Capt. Pugh had been doing special observer work with the R.A.F. for two years. He was called up two days before war was declared and was commissioned in 1940. He served in France in the first campaign and took part in the evacuation from Dunkirk.
Capt. Pugh was educated at St. John’s and the Worcester Royal Grammar School. He was a member of the Worcester Golf and Country Club and of Worcester Commercial Travellers Association.
He was a keen yachtsman.
At the age of 17 he joined his father’s business in Bank Street and eventually became a partner.
The report includes a photograph of Capt. Pugh.

The following additional information is taken from In Dedication to a Future World by Mark Rogers, 1999:
Eric Pugh was killed in Normandy during the week following D-Day, when the Allies were pushing out from the landing beaches in an attempt to take Caen, and encountering heavy German resistance.

The following information has been researched by John Barry:
1939 Register – Parents of Eric Pugh
The Coppice, Barneshall Avenue, Worcester
Vincent Pugh, born 15th December 1886, Wholesale General Merchant
Margaret E. Pugh, born 18th June 1887, Unpaid Domestic Duties

1939 Register
Worcester
Yvonne J. Pugh, born 5th September 1909, Unpaid Domestic Duties
The next record is officially closed
Eric V. Pugh, born 10th November 1912, Lance Bombardier No 917628 265th Field Battery 67th Field Regiment

Probate 1944:
Pugh Eric Vincent of 7 Broadway Bromyard-road Worcester died 10 June 1944 on war service Probate Llandudno 21 December to Yvonne Jessie Pugh widow. Effects £1023 1s 9d.