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Robert Houghton

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Houghton
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 31
Address 108 Scholfield Lane (Wife) / Farrimonds Yard
Parents' Address
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Slag Yard at Kirkless Works, Wigan Coal and Iron Company
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion
Day of Death 8
Month of Death August
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Died of wounds received at the Dardanelles
Place of Burial Lancashire Landing Cemetery
Regiment Number 639
Name of War First World War
Location Wigan
Additional Information CWGC, Ancestry and Wigan Coal and Iron Co records
WO 4/9/15 & WE 11/9/15