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Military service
Service number:
800176
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Birth:
September 24, 1895
Death:
August 15, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joseph and Emma Houghton, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. Brother of Pte Tom Hadley Houghton, Regimental number 50765 deceased on 1 October 1918. Brother of Joseph Houghton (MM) who survived the war.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Charles Houghton
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War Memorial
Niagara on the Lake Cenotaph located on Main Street commemorating the deaths of First and Second World War residents. -
War Memorial (2)
War Memorial Submitted by: Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Robert Charles Houghton
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Badge
Cap Badge 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Badge
Cap Badge 134th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) CEF. Private Houghton was originally a member of the 134th Bn before being sent to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Photo submitted by Captain (retired) Victor Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project. DILEAS GU BRATH. -
Casualty Card
Casualty Card (front side) for Pte RC Houghton from the archives of the Regimental Museum of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, ON Submitted by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team DILEAS GU BRATH -
Casualty Card
Casualty Card (back side) from the archives of the Regimental Museum of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, ON Submitted by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. -
Memorial
"The Hill 70 memorial, erected by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project and the town of Benifontaine, was unveiled and dedicated on 22 September 2012. The memorial commemorates the actions of the 15th Battalion CEF, which was on the extreme left flank of the Canadian assault on Hill 70, on 15 August 1917 and the memory of those members of the Battalion who fell during the engagement. The memorial sits on what was then known as Bois Hugo, which the Battalion assaulted, captured and held against repeated German counterattacks." Photo submitted by the 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team. Dileas Gu Brath -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Charles Houghton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 258 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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