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Lance Bombardier DOUGLAS AUSTIN HOUCHEN

Service Number: 1457752
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

434 Bty., 61 (5th Bn. The South Lancashire Regt.) Searchlight Regt.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1943

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

URMSTON CEMETERY

Sec. A. R.C. Grave 21.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Jane Houchen; husband of Doreen Winifred Houchen, of Flixton.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE FOR ENGLAND GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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