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Major JOHN REGINALD HOUGHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. K. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin and Margaret Jane Houghton, of 242, Oxford Rd. Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

ROISEL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1391
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