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Lance Corporal RICHARD HOUGHTON

Service Number: 1709
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

Date of Death

Died 06 July 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY

A. 20.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (447292) 285th Area Employment Coy. Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Houghton, of 118, Whelley, Wigan.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF OUR DEAR SON RICHARD FROM FATHER,MOTHER AND SISTERS. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. RIQUIER BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 104
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