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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. Frederick Charles Houghton
British Army 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:London
Cpt. John Reginald Houghton
1st Battalion London Regiment
from:Surbiton
(d.21st March 1918)
Pte. John Thomas Houghton
British Army 1/4th Btn. York and Lanccaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.7th July 1916)
Pte. John Henry Houghton MM.
British Army 7th Battalion King's Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Canterbury Street, Liverpool
John Houghton is my grandad who I sadly never got to meet. He was wounded and sent back home to the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh. He received a gun shot wound to his left hand. He was 19 when he signed up on the 6th December 1915.
We have some copies of his service record but they don't give much detail of where he was sent during the war but we know he was in the trenches because he was reprimanded on 4/5/1917 for not having the proper equipment and boots and the trenches are mentioned in the offence report. He was admitted to hospital on the 15/10/1918 and stayed there till 31/12/1918 with the gun shot wound to his hand. He was awarded the Military Medal on the 14/09/1918.
Sgt. Joseph Edward Houghton
British Army 1st Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.9th Jan 1917)
Joseph was the loving son of Eliza Ellen Stewart. He was born Joseph Edward Treadwell, but changed his surname to his mother's maiden name. He was engaged to be married, but unfortunately he was killed. On his death certificate it stated Turkey, although he is remembered with Honour on the Basra Memorial. We will always remember and love him for ever.
Pte. Richard Houghton
British Army 31st Battalion A Company Machine Gun Corps
from:2 Coupe Green, Hoghton, Preston, Lancashire PR5 0JR, UK
Richard Houghton served with the 31st Battalion Machine Gun Corps
Sydney Houghton
British Army 10th Btn. Notts and Derbyshire Regiment
(d.28th October 1917)
From Gainsborough News (Lincolnshire) "Houghton - in loving memory of our dear son and brother, Private Sydney Houghton, 10th Notts and Derbys, who fell in action October 28th 1917"
Pte Thomas Houldsworth
British Army 9th Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.1st Jul 1916 )
Thomas Houldsworth was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, aged 32. 9th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment part of the 70th Brigade of the 23rd Division under Major-General J.M. Babington, Fourth Army III Corps who were engaged at the Somme from 1st of July 1916. 23rd Division was recruited as one of the New Army divisions recruited under the Kitchener Recruitment Plan.
His Service card indicates joined up (or re-joined) on 27th of August 1915 and was initially Lance Cpl but later Pte. No idea why his rank changed, maybe because he re-joined as a volunteer? Maybe other reasons?. He received the three campaign medals posthumously, the Victory, Star, British Medals.
Pte. Edgar Hoult
British Army 1st Btn., B Coy. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Wakefield
(d.17th Oct 1918)
We have no real data other than the minimal data to be found from the surviving records. Not even sure of his date of signup. What is sure is that Private Edgar Hoult fell on 17th October 1918, near Le Cateau in the Battle of the Selle, less than one month before the end of the war.
I have been scouring the web to find more information, there are no family members that I am aware of that might help with more information, but I feel it would be nice if his name were included on your website along with those of his comrades.
Pte. Frank Ernest Hoult
British Army 6th Battalion London Regiment
from:Wandsworth
My Grandfather, Frank Hoult, enlisted between the 6th September and 7th October 1914 with the 6th Battalion, City of London Rifles, after being given a White Feather a few days before.
He proceeded to France on 17th of March 1915 he took part in most key battles, surviving Loos, but was stranded in No Mans Land for 4 days during the regiments many attacks at The Somme in late 1916, with a shrapnel wound in his ankle. So hungry he felt like eating the mud he was thankfully rescued by colleagues to live to tell the tale. He was transferred on 29th November 1917 to the Army Service Corps which is why after the War he became a Bus driver, operating out of the Dagenham, Becontree Garages until his retirement in 1958.
Pte. William Charles Houlton
British Army 2nd Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Frome, Somerset
(d.8th Jul 1916)
L/Cpl. Robert Bruce Hounslow
British Army 8th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Watford
(d.3rd Nov 1918)
Pte. Arthur Hounsome
British Army 2/21st Btn. London Regiment
from:Wandsworth
Arthur Hounsome served with the 2/21st Battalion London Regiment in WW1. He died 24th of December 1938
L/Cpl George Hounsome
British Army 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Minstead, Hampshire
(d.1st July 1916)
RSM. William Hourigan
British Army 18th Queen Mary's Own Hussars
from:Tipperary
(d.1st Oct 1918)
Regimental Serjeant Major William Hourigan was the son of Richard and Johanna Hourigan of 3 O'Connell Rd., Tipperary. He is buried About 28 yards North-East of the gate in the Shronell Old Graveyard, Shronell,Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
L/Cpl. George William Housby
British Army 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
from:36 Wright Street, Stafford
(d.15th July 1916)
George William Housby, born in 1884 in Stafford and married to Fanny Wilson in June of 1911. He fell at Bazentin Ridge during the Battle of the Somme and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial George was my great granduncle.
John Henry Housby
Royal Navy Hood Battalion Royal Naval Division
from:74 Morton Road, Leicester
John Housby joined up in 1916, aged 17 (his discharge certificate has his date of birth as 1898 (it was actually 1899). He was due to serve at Gallipoli, but only got as far as the advance base on Murdos before Gallipoli was evacuated. He served in France through 1917 and 1918 and went over the top at Ancre in the first wave reaching the German trenches, but returned after the second and third waves' attacks got bogged down (Freyberg, the commanding office got a VC for this action). John was captured in February 1918 and spent the remainder of the war as a POW. He died in 1988. He was my grandfather.
L/Cpl Albert House
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Wooburn Green, Berks
(d.27th July 1916)
Pte Ernest Charles House
British Army 2nd Btn Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Wycombe Marsh Bucks
(d.8th Sep 1917)
Cpl. George Major House
British Army 56th Field Bakery Army Service Corps
from:East Dulwich
George House was my great grandad and I have only just found his First World War service records. He was a baker before enlisting but I didn't realise that they had separate battalions just for the bakers, did they have the same for other trades? I would be grateful for any information regarding him or 56th Field Bakery.
Pte. Percy James House
British Army 23rd Btn. Welch Regiment
from:Porthcawl
My grandfather Percy House joined the Welsh Regiment on the 7th of February 1916. A baker by trade, he served in the Catering Corps. 23rd Battalion was formed in Porthcawl. On 13th of July 1916 he left Devonport for Salonika arriving on 24 Sept. His battalion was posted to 28 Division as a Pioneer Battalion and saw action north of Lake Doiran, Macedonia. They occupied Mazirko, captured Barakli, Kumli and enemy trenches. In 1918 they took part in the Battle of Doiran and the Stranza Valley and then moved to Gallipoli and occupied the Dardanelles Forts. He was the only one of three bothers to volunteer for service and because of his trade served in the Officer's Mess. These details were in an old Dictionary which has been found this year
L/Cpl. Robert Henry House
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:49 Lower Rutland St. Off Summer Hill, Dublin
Robert House was born in August 1894 in the Curragh Amy Camp, County Kildare in Ireland. His father was Robert Charles House, a sergeant based at the camp in the Army Service Corps.
Robert enlisted with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on the 2nd of July 1914. He married his sweetheart, Sarah Jane McCord, at the Pro Cathedral in Dublin on the 7th of December 1914. He landed in France as part of the British Expedition Force on the 3rd of January 1915. On the 29th Lance Corporal Robert Henry House while on active service at St.Yves in Belgium was wounded. He received gun shot wounds to his chest, upper left arm and his two feet. The wounds to his feet fractured his first, second and third metatarsals bones. While at General Hospital Boulogne he is diagnosed with rheumatism and bronchitis. He was transferred to H.S. Carrisbrook Castle on the 10th of February and sent back to England arriving at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley. At the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Depot, Robert Henry House is discharged from the British Army deemed No Longer Physically Fit for War Service on the 6th of August 1915.
This brave young 19 year old man's army career was short, only lasting 13 months. He was unlucky to be badly wounded but very lucky to survive them. He went on to have a large family, marrying twice and lived in Dublin, Ireland until 1971. Robert Henry House late of 63 Kildare road, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland died at St. Jame`s Hospital Dublin. Having survived his serious War Wounds in January 1915, it was Cancer of the Stomach and Lungs which was the cause of his Death. This man was a True Hero to his generation.
Cpl. Thomas Henry Housham
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
At the age of 17, Thomas Housham enlisted into the regular Army with the Wiltshire Regiment at Devises on 8th of September 1914. He was transferred to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 17th of September 1914, joining the 6th (Service) Battalion at Naas, Southern Ireland. On 11th of July 1915, the Battalion sailed to Mitillini on the island of Levos, Greece off the west coast of Turkey. He was wounded in action and was posted on 23rd of August 1915 to Depot in Cork, Southern Ireland.
On 23ed of March 1916, Thomas was posted to the 1st Battalion, which was placed within the 86th Brigade, 29th Division and deployed to the Picardie, Flanders, and Normandy regions of France. On 28th of August, he was promoted to unpaid Lance Corporal during the battle of the Somme (he always stated this was because of his tea-making excellence). He was promoted to Corporal on 6th of March 1917. Wounded on the Somme, he was sent to 3rd (Reserve) Battalion to convalesce in Cork, Southern Ireland. Afterwards, in July 1917, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion in France and then to the 9th (Service) Battalion, which later become 8/9th Battalion. He also served with the 2nd Battalion.
In April 1918, he was assigned back to the 1st Battalion due to the 2nd Battalion being reduced to cadre. On 5th of October 1918, he was posted to Depot, which by all accounts was in the Grimsby area of England. On 5th of December 1918, he was posted to Command Depot in Tipperary, Southern Ireland. On 10 January 1919, he was sent to the dispersal area in Purfleet, Essex. One month later, on 9th Feb 1919, Thomas was demobbed at the age of 21.
Pte F Houston
British Army 2nd Btn West Yorkshire Regiment
from:145, Rawling Rd, Bensham, Gateshead-on-Tyne
(d.1st Aug 1917)
Houston, F. Private 41001, Killed in action on 1st August 1917.
Buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, in grave XVI. J. 12.
The 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers records show that Pte Houston was previously in the 19th Btn with service number 19/1288. killed in action whilst serving on Attachment to 2nd Btn, West Yorkshire Regiment, Prince of Wales's Own, his new service number suggests that he had transferred.
Brother of Mr. C. Houston, of 145, Rawling Rd, Bensham, Gateshead-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Cpl. James Houston MM
British Army 42nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
My Grandfather, James Houston, was awarded Military Medal in the first Battle of the Somme, he served with 42nd Siege Battery on the 9.2 inch Howitzer.
John Houston
British Army 18th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Denniston, Glasgow
I have only just found this out, my grandfather John Houston was gassed and buried for 3 days, he died from the complications of this in 1945.
Pte. John Houston
British Army 7th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
John Houston, served at Gallipoli in 7th (Blythswood) Battalion, H.L.I. He served in Egypt and Palestine and the Battalion moved to Flanders in 1918. He was discharged at the end of the war. Service record destroyed during WW2.
Pte. Nathaniel Houston
British Army 2nd Tyneside Irish, 25th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
Gnr. William Houston
Army Durham. Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.16th Dec 1914)
Gnr. Houston was killed by a German shell at Heugh Battery whilst acting as a stretcher barer along with Gnr Spence, attempting to rescue those men wounded by the first shell of the Bombardment.
Pte. Victor William Hovell
British Army 10th Btn., D Coy. Sherwood Foresters
from:89 Grove Road, Norwich
(d.13th Oct 1918)
My grandfather was named after Victor William. He had two brothers who also served in different regiments, Harold Edwards Hovell and Ronald Albert Hovell. Both survived, but Harold had severe shell shock when he came home. Their mother never got over Victor's death.
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