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Tom Hadley Houghton

In memory of:

Private Tom Hadley Houghton

October 1, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

50765

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)

Division:

4th Bn.

Additional Information


Son of Joseph and Emma Houghton, of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario; husband of Bertha A. Houghton, of Rocky River, Ohio, U.S.A. Brother of Pte Robert Charles Houghton, Regimental Number 800176, deceased 15 August 1917. His other brother, Joseph Herbert Houghton, also served during the First World War and survived the war.

Commemorated on Page 431 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

I. D. 3

Location:

Sancourt is a village in the Department of the Nord 5 kilometres north-west of Cambrai and one kilometre east of the main road to Douai. The SANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY is about 635 metres north-west of the village on the old Douai-Cambrai road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • War Memorial– War Memorial 
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  • Inscription– War Memorial 
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  • Photo of Tom Houghton– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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  • Letter– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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