Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes

Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes
Brigadier Glyn Hughes at Bergen-Belsen, June 1945
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army
Years of service	1915 – 1945
Rank	Brigadier
Unit	Wiltshire Regiment Grenadier Guards
Commands	Royal Army Medical Corps
Battles / wars	World War I World War II
Awards	DSO & Bar MC Croix de guerre

Brigadier Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes CBE, DSO & Bar, MC, Croix de guerre, MRCS (25 July 1892 – 24 November 1973) was a British military officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps and later medical administrator, educationalist and sports administrator. Gibbs served in both the First and Second World War and is notable for his role in the care of and rehabilitation of the victims of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Early history

Glyn Hughes was born in 1892 and spent the first two years of his life in South Africa, before his family returned to Britain. He was educated at Epsom College in Surrey, and like his father before him, decided to become a medical practitioner, and was accepted to University College Hospital in London.

Military history

First World War

After graduating from College in 1915, he joined the Britsh Army and served in the First World War as a medical officer, first with the Wiltshire Regiment and later with the Grenadier Guards. He was awarded the DSO on the 25 August 1916 whilst a subaltern and within a year had been awarded a Bar to his DSO. His Bar citation reads:

Temp. Capt. Hugh Llewellyn Glyn Hughes DSO RAMC. On four seperate days he showed an utter contempt for danger when collecting and tending the wounded under heavy shell fire.

Glyn Hughes was heavily decorated during the First World War, and before its end he was awarded the Military Cross, the Croix de guerre avec palme and was several times Mentioned in Dispatches; he was also seriously wounded on three separate occasions With the end of the war, Glyn Hughes returned to his medical duties, but remained in the Army reserve at the rank of Lieutenant.

Second World War

With the outbreak of the Second World War, Glyn Hughes was mobilised in 1939 and sent to France with the Fifth Division. After the retreat of the British Army, he spent his time training medical units for units for active service. By 1944 he had been promoted to Brigadiar and became Deputy Director Medical Services to the Eighth Corps and the Second Army and became the Chief Medical Officer in the advance

Bibliography

• Starmer-Smith, Nigel (1977). The Barbarians. Macdonald & Jane's Publishers. ISBN 0860075524. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)