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226836Gnr. Ernest Houghton
British Army 18th Div X Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Wardy Hill, Coveney, Cambridgeshire
(d.3rd July 1918)
Ernest Houghton or, as my family calls him, Uncle Ernie, was a young man of 27 when he died on 3rd July 1918. He was the youngest son of Charles and Clara Houghton. Uncle Ernie was born in a small hamlet called Wardy Hill, Coveney, Cambridgeshire, England. He is my great great uncle, the only information I could glean from my great aunt Gertie was that Uncle Ernie was a talented violinist. He was a gunner in the Royal Field Artillery, his unit 18th X Trench Mortar Battery. He is buried in Brandenburg, Germany. My family sadly does not have a picture of this young man who sacrificed his young life so my children can have the freedom they do today. Never forgotten, always remembered. Rest in peace Uncle Ernie.
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Ernest Houghton is remembered on the village war memorial. According to the German POW records he was Captured on the 21st of March 1918 which was the first day of Operation Michael, the last great German offensive of the War. The 18th was part of the 18th Division Artillery and as part of 3rd Army was positioned between Arras and Bapaume. They were attacked by the German 17th Army on the 21st with numerous captures.nicholas Mumford
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