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Lieutenant WILLIAM HOUGHTON

Service Number: 180525
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

2/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO

XIX. F. 10.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Muriel de Rouvrou Houghton, of Little Blakenham, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription YOUTH CAN MAKE NO GREATER SACRIFICE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEACH HEAD WAR CEMETERY, ANZIO
Italy
Number of casualties: 2317
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