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Lance Corporal Ernest Houghton

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Military service

Service number: 141692
Age: 23
Rank: Lance Corporal
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Division: 21st Bn.
Birth: November 25, 1893 Manchester, United Kingdom
Enlistment: July 27, 1915 Ontario
Death: July 7, 1917 Wimereux, France

Burial/memorial information

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. N. 13.

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First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 258 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Wimereux is a small town situated about 5 kilometres north of Boulogne. From Boulogne take the A16 to Calais and come off at Junction 4. Take the road to Wimereux north, D242, for approximately 2 kilometres, following the road through the roundabout. Take the first turn on the left immediately after the roundabout and the WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY lies approximately 200 metres down this road on the left hand side. The Commonwealth War Graves are situated to the rear of the communal cemetery.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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