10th Para Arnhem Veteran Harry Houghton passed away

Discussion in 'Airborne' started by Philip Reinders, Mar 10, 2011.

  1. Philip Reinders

    Philip Reinders Very Senior Member

    Hello Philip

    Just a brief email to pass on the very sad news that my Dad, Harry "Darkie" Houghton died at the end of last week after a very short illness. We are in the throes of organising, with the help of the Paras of course, a military-style funeral, for him on Wednesday 16th at 2pm, at his local parish church of St. Nicholas in Whiston, Merseyside. We know that you'll be thinking of Us.
     
  2. Paul Pariso

    Paul Pariso Very Senior Member

    :poppy: RIP Harry Houghton :poppy:

    and sincerest condolences to his family and friends........
     
  3. kingarthur

    kingarthur Well-Known Member

    :poppy:RIP Harry Houghton:poppy:
     
  4. TomTAS

    TomTAS Very Senior Member

    :poppy: RIP Harry Houghton :poppy:
     
  5. Recce_Mitch

    Recce_Mitch Very Senior Member

    :poppy: Harry Houghton RIP :poppy:

    Paul
     
  6. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    :poppy: Harry Houghton. R.I.P. :poppy:

    Philip,

    My sincere condolences on your loss.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  7. Lindsay Aspin

    Lindsay Aspin Senior Member

    :poppy: Harry Houghton RIP :poppy:


    Condolences

    Lindsay
     
  8. airborne medic

    airborne medic Very Senior Member

    Another sad loss...visited him on behalf a Dutch friend some years to conduct an interview....will see if I can find my notes to post up a few details of his service.....
     
  9. ronald

    ronald Senior Member

    :poppy:Harry Houghton RIP :poppy:





    Ron....
     
  10. englandphil

    englandphil Very Senior Member

    Harrys funeral at St Nich's church is followed by a service at 3pm at St Helens Crem.

    RIP Harry and condolences to Jean and family.
     
  11. Oldman

    Oldman Very Senior Member

    RIP Harry

    Jean and family you are in my thoughts and prayers
     
  12. Lofty1

    Lofty1 Senior Member

    :poppy:Harry Houghton RIP:poppy:
     
  13. Medic7922

    Medic7922 Senior Member

    :poppy: Harry Houghton Gone to meet his Airborne pals for a great long NAAFI break RIP :poppy:
     
  14. Daan

    Daan Èrnemmer for life!

    RIP Mr Houghton.
     

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  15. Paul Pariso

    Paul Pariso Very Senior Member

    I went through my pics and found this one of Harry in the book "The Tenth". It's very poor quality I'm afraid :(.
     

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  16. englandphil

    englandphil Very Senior Member

  17. markinbelfast

    markinbelfast Senior Member

    Id the pleasure of meeting Harry in 09 and again in 10...in 09 I took his photo with a member of the cadets who accompanied him around that day...the cadet said it was a pleasure to do so...I took a photo of them together and gave permission for it to be used by their organisation..they did so in their annual report. In 2010 I met him again and gave him the photo I had taken the year before...he was delighted.....a true gent
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  18. Grahame

    Grahame Junior Member

    :poppy: RIP Harry, old Para's never die, their memory is immortal :poppy:


    Arnhem Memories

    Sgt Harry R Houghton, No 3316885, 10th Para Btn. MID

    Around 1300hrs, 20th Septemebr 1944, Harry was wounded from fire from a German Panzer some 400 yards from entering the Oosterbeek perimeter. He and others, including Lt Leslie Kiaer (who was killed instantly from the same shell) were trying to recover a 6lb field gun at the edge of the woods to bring it into the Perimeter.

    Harry was subsequently captured and became a POW and was repatriated after the War.

    :poppy: Gone but not forgotten.... and at the going down of the sun we will remember them :poppy:

    Grahame Warner
     

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  19. airborne medic

    airborne medic Very Senior Member

  20. airborne medic

    airborne medic Very Senior Member

    Found some notes as promised about Harry from the interview a few years ago....He was in the Highland Light Infantry before volunteering for the 10th Btn in the Middle East.

    By the time of Arnhem in 1944 he was Platoon Sergeant of 3 Platoon A Company under the command of Lieutenant Kiaer. He was wounded by the same mortar shell that killed Lt Kiaer when near a 6 pounder anti-tank gun.

    However, he was also one of the men in the 'rearguard' with Captain Queripel.

    There is more to this story but to be fair to the bloke I carried out the interview for I feel I ought to stop here.

    But to gain some points back here is a wartime photo of Darkie in the ME whilst still in the HLI....

    We also have a letter from an officer written to his family dated 3rd October......hopefully to be used in the future in a book on the 10th......
     

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