Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes
Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes called Glyn Hughes , CBE (born July 25, 1892 in Ventersburg , South Africa , † November 24, 1973 in Edinburgh ) was a British military doctor . He directed the rescue and rehabilitation measures for the survivors of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp .
youth
Glyn Hughes was born on July 25, 1892 to a British doctor and a Welsh woman in Ventersburg, South Africa. After the early death of his father, who died in 1894 from infection from a sting he sustained during an operation, his mother returned to Wales with Glyn. There Glyn showed up as a sickly child whose poor physical condition meant that his application for a scholarship at Epsom College was initially postponed . After a long vacation in Belgium , Hughes was accepted at the age of eleven in 1903, which he successfully completed a few years later. After graduating from Epsom College, Glyn Hughes began studying medicine at University College Hospital , London.
Beginnings in the military
With the outbreak of World War I, Glyn Hughes volunteered for military service, but was sent back to Great Britain in 1915 to complete his studies there. After admission as a doctor on August 6, 1915, he joined the 1st Wiltshire Regiment as a medical officer and returned to the front. He has received several awards for special services.
Second World War
After Glyn Hughes withdrew into private life after the First World War, opened his own practice and was heavily involved in rugby , he rejoined the army after the outbreak of World War II. There he survived the evacuation of British troops from Dunkirk and later took over the management of 141st Field Ambulance . After the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Hughes joined the British 2nd Army as Deputy Director Medical Services and took over the rescue and care of the surviving inmates. His work during these rescue operations earned him numerous honors, so that Hughes was the most decorated military doctor of the Second World War.
post war period
Immediately after finishing his work in Bergen-Belsen, Glyn Hughes returned to Great Britain, where he worked as a resident doctor. In addition, as early as 1948 he assumed various management positions in medical institutions in London and was temporarily Honory Physician of the British Queen. Hughes died on November 24, 1973.
Honors
Because of his extensive services, Glyn Hughes has received numerous orders and medals of merit:
- Distinguished Service Order , DSO
- Military Cross , MC
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire , CBE
- Legion of Merit
- Croix de guerre with palm tree
literature
- Lower Saxony Memorials Foundation, Bergen-Belsen Memorial in collaboration with Epsom College: Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes. 1892-1973. Doctor - soldier - liberator. 2008.
- Joanne Reilly: Belsen. The Liberation of a Concentration Camp. Routledge, London et al. 1998, ISBN 0-415-13827-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Foundation of Lower Saxony Memorials in cooperation with Epsom College: Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes
- ^ Foundation of Lower Saxony Memorials in cooperation with Epsom College: Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hughes, Hugh Llewellyn Glyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hughes, Glyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British military doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ventersburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1973 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |