Name
Edmund Guy Houghton
32 Dec 1881
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/02/1916
34
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
PS/597
Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment)
16th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CAMBRIN CHURCHYARD EXTENSION
K. 36.
France
Headstone Inscription
PRO CHRISTO ET PATRIA
UK & Other Memorials
Aldenham School Memorial, Aldenham, All Saints Church Memorial, Woodford, Wood Golf Roll of Honour
Pre War
Edmund Guy was born 1881 to William Houghton (Auctioneer & Surveyor) and Edith Corfe Houghton. He followed his father into the same profession.
Wartime Service
He enlisted soon after the outbreak of war on 14 Sep 1914 joining 16 Service (Public Schools) and After training as a grenadier went to France 17 Nov 1915.
Biography
Additional Information
His mother, Mrs. E.C. Houghton, White Haven, Great Shelford, Cambridge, ordered his headstone inscription: “PRO CHRISTO ET PATRIA"
Acknowledgments
Neil Cooper
Tony James
