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Second Lieutenant TOM WHITFIELD HOUGHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Motors)

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1919

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

B. 63.

Syria

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Ada Houghton, of Marsh Green, Elworth, Sandbach, Cheshire. Assistant Schoolmaster at Seaman's Moss School Altrincham.
  • Personal Inscription JUST BEYOND THE NIGHTFALL DAWNS ANOTHER DAY UT SEVER IS SEGES
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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