1917
Soldiers – Great Houghton Patriots
Mexborough and Swinton Times, January 20,1917
Great Houghton Patriots
Mr and Mrs George Lilly, of Vaughan Terrace, School Street, Great Houghton, have two sons and two...
Soldier – Watkin, William – Military Cross
Sheffield Daily Telegraph - Monday 15 January 1917
Honours for Houghton Main Soldier.
Temporary Second-Lieutenant William Clifford Watkin, R.E., whose home is at Darfield, has...
Soldier – Horseman Brothers – One in Hospital, One in France
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 24, 1917
Great Houghton Brothers
Private George Herbert Horseman
(York and Lancs)
whose photograph appears across joined the York and Lancashire Regiment,...
Soldier – Seakins, Horace – Houghton Military Medallist
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 24, 1917
Houghton Military Medallist
Corporal Horace Seakins, Great Houghton
(Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Corporal Horace Seakins, who joined the Queen’s Royal...
Soldiers – Francis Family – Another Family Record
Mexborough and Swinton Times, February 3, 1917
Houghton Soldiers - Another Family Record
Private Fred Francis, son of Mr and Mrs George Henry Francis, of Dearne...
Soldier – Seakins, Hortace – Houghton Hero Killed
Mexborough and Swinton Times, March 3, 1917
Corporal Horace Seakins
Corporal Seakins, who a week or two ago received the Military Medal for bravery has been killed.
He...
Soldier – Leatham, Claude – Killed in Action
Mexborough and Swinton Times, April 28, 1917
Private Claude Leatham
(R.A.M.C.)
son of Mr & Mrs G. Leatham, of Providence Place, Great Houghton, has been killed in...
Soldier – Noble, Edward – Wounded in Foot
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 19, 1917
Sapper Edward Noble
(Royal Engineers)
of School Street, Great Houghton, who enlisted in August 1915, and went to the Front...
Soldier – Shaw, Walter – Trench Fever
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 5, 1917
Lance Corporal Walter Shaw
(York and Lancs)
Great Houghton – Trench Fever
Soldier – Wright, Nicholas – Shrapnel in Arms and Legs
Mexborough and Swinton Times May 19, 1917
Private Nicholas Wright
(York and Lancs)
of Middlecliffe who enlisted in September 1914 is now at the Base Hospital in...