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Company Quartermaster Sergeant JOHN CASWELL HOUGHTON

Service Number: 67381
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

25th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. F. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Penelope Houghton, of Teddington, Middlesex, England; husband of Florence May Turner (formerly Houghton), of 30, Desmond Rd., Eastbourne, England.
  • Personal Inscription NIL DESPERANDUM
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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