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"Their name Liveth for Evermore"
Mentioned in the Roll of Honour Booklet produced by The Urban District of Rowley Regis.
Down as Horton not Houghton
"HORTON,HENRY 3842 Pte 1/7th Worcester 28th May 1915
10 Springfield Lane"
Mentioned on the UK Transcriptions website
Henry HOUGHTON missing believed killed 29th May 1916 France Aged 25 (born Derby)
Rowley Regis Memorial.
Following Information Courtesy of Richard Warby local Historian and author of Rowley Regis and the Great War 1914-1918
"HOUGHTON Henry
3842 Private: 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment.
Missing believed killed in action: 29th May 1916. Aged 25.
Born: Dudley. Enlisted: Dudley.
Son of Henry and Hannah Houghton, Gill Street, Derby.
Husband of Eliza Jane Hughes (formerly Houghton), 32 Springfield Terrace, Rowley Regis.
Memorial: Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier & Face 5A & 6C.
Also remembered: Civic Roll of Honour - Rowley Ward (listed as Horton and date of death listed as 28th May 1915; residence 10 Springfield Lane); Doulton Road School 1914-18 Memorial."