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Herbert Houghton

Details

Forename Herbert
Surname Houghton
Middle Name
Memorial Tyldesley Cenotaph
Age 23
Address 54 Manchester Road
Parents' Address As above and wife
Township Tyldesley
Rank Sergeant
Occupation or place of work Colliery Worker at Astley and Tyldesley Pits
Regiment Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 1/5th Batt
Day of Death 30
Month of Death November
Year of Death 1917
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Cambrai Memorial, Louverval
Regiment Number 240308
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of John and Mary Jane and husband of Elizabeth Alice. Awarded MM. Member of a soldier family
Remembered on Roll of Honour at Tyldesley St Anne's Church
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 19/10/18. Soldier family LJ 10/12/15