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30/12/2015 The CWGC record Private Brolly as the son of Hugh and Ellen Brolly, of Cloughfin, Draperstown, Co. Londonderry and also as the husband of Ellen Brolly.
30/12/2015 It is believed Hugh is also commemorated on the family gravestone in St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Straw, Draperstown, Co. Derry.
30/12/2015 Private Brolly has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial. The memorial stands in Dud Corner Cemetery in Pas-de-Calais, France.
30/12/2015 Private Hugh Brolly was serving with the 12th Battalion of the Highland Light Infantry when he died on Sunday 26th September 1915. He was 38 years old.
30/12/2015 The 1911 census does not list Hugh as living with family at house 14 in Cloughfin, Bancran Glebe, Londonderry.
30/12/2015 The 1901 census does not list Hugh as living with family at house 6 in Cloughfin, Bancran, County Londonderry. His father was a farmer.
30/12/2015 Hugh Brolly was the son of Hugh and Ellen Brolly. Hugh was born near Draperstown about 1877.
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