Hugh entered the war in France on 15th August 1914, as part of the Regimental Medical Officer's team for the 1st Bn. Bedfordshire Regiment. He was serving on H.M.H.S. "Salta" when it struck a mine and sank half a mile north of the Whistle Bouy, Havre, on 10th April 1917. He was the son of Hugh and Ellen McGee of Belfast.