Private 24077 Allen Charles HOUGHTON
8th Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Killed in Action, Saturday 1st July 1916, France, Age 30
Home address:
8 East Street, Off Muslin Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1886, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Hannah Matilda Houghton and Walter Henry Houghton
8 East Street, Off Muslin Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Florence Houghton (née Williams)
Harrison Fold, Muslin Street, Newton Moor, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Clogger, he was also Secretary of Hyde Clogger's Society
Enlisted:
Stalybridge, Lancashire
Remembered:
Blighty Valley Cemetery, Authuile Wood, Somme, France, plot V, row I, grave 28.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
Also known as William Beswick.
Brother of Private 49029 Fred Beswick and Private 14496 George Beswick.
He had been acting as cook for headquarters for some time, and was killed just as he was about to begin getting the lads’ dinner ready.