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Private MATTHEW ENOCH HOUGHTON

Service Number: 20359
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 March 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. C. 79.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Elizabeth Houghton, of 3, Harrison Rd., Chorley, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

BOUCHOIR NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 764
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