HOUGHTON Harold. Rifleman Z/2537, A Company, 2nd Rifle Brigade died 24th March 1915, aged 25 from wounds received in the battle of Neuve Chapelle. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Ann Houghton, of Risley, near Warrington, Lancashire. He is at rest in Croft Unitarian Chapel yard, Lancashire.
Some notes from what remains of his army record. He enlisted at Winchester on the 2nd September 1914 and posted to the Army Reserve. He was aged 24 years and 4 months and was by occupation a labourer. His father, Thomas was his next of kin and he was living at the Old Noggin Inn, Risley, near Warrington, Lancashire. He was mobilized on the 19th January 1915 and was in action in France when he was shot, and wounded in the head on the 15th March 1915 and he was treated at the 11th General Hospital. On the 24th March 1915 he was transferred to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, Norwich and he died the same day in the hospital. His parents were now living at 674 Warrington Road, Risley. He is commemorated on the Newchurch War Memorial, Culcheth, Lancashire
