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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Bury
• Land Lancashire
• Family Son of John and Mary Ann Houghton, of 9, Lower Bank St., Bury, Lancs.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Bury
• Service number C/1221
• Rank Rifleman
• Regiment and unit 16th Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
• Other data related to military career To France on 16 November 1915

Death

• Type of wounds Died of shrapnel wounds on head, right side, right hand in n°3 Canadian CCS
• Died at the age of 20
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXVII - CC - 15

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