Memorial

Private P Houghton

The gravestone

Source: David Long

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Current Location

St Helens Cemetery , Sect. 06.520, Rainford Road, or Hard Lane , St Helens , St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6DF , England

SJ 49855 96993

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 103229
Description: Obtuse arched sandstone headstone with cutaway sides and floral carvings in a roundel above the incised inscription.
Inscription: .../ Also Pte. Peter Houghton,/ 11th South Lanc. Regt. Son of the above,/ Who Died from Wounds/ Reveived in Action in France July 27th 1916,/ Aged 27 years./ Greater love hath no man than this, that/ a man lay down his life for his friends./ ....

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, unit, relationship, manner, country, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

Gravestone

Made from: Stone - Sandstone

Condition: Good