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 Private J Houghton


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Private Jack HOUGHTON,  204209, "C" Company, 4th (Reserve) Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formery 13765 Rifle Brigade), died at home,  4th April 1917, age 17.

Born Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, son of William and Flora Houghton, of Bury, Huntingdon.


1911 Census - Bury, Huntingdon - William Houghton, head, age 50, married, cattleman on farm, worker, born Kempston, Bedfordshire; Flora Houghton, wife, age 36, married 16 years, 9 children, 8 still alive, born Bury, Huntingdon; George Brighty Houghton, son, age 16, single, farm hand, born Bury, Huntingdon; Alice Mary Houghton, daughter, age 13, born Bury, Huntingdon; Jack Houghton, son, age 11, school, born Bury, Huntingdon; Thirza Jane Houghton, daughter, age 9, school, born Bury, Huntingdon; Stanley Charles Leslie Houghton, son, age 7, school, born Bury, Huntingdon; Hilda Houghton, daughter, age 5, school, born Bury, Huntingdon; William Houghton, son, age 2,  born Bury, Huntingdon; Lilian Houghton, daughter, age 10 months,  born Bury, Huntingdon; Isac Ebenezer Palmer, age 62, father in law, widower, farm labourer, worker,  born Ramsey, Huntingdon.


Enlisted Ramsey, Huntingdonshire.

13th December 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, C. 12. 293. Kent. Commemorated on Bury War Memorial.

NOTE: Regimental History shows name as HOUGHBOW


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