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The Parish of the Good Samaritan Burnley

including the churches of

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Private Archie Hough

Service Number: 240415

11th Bn. East Lancashire Regiment

Died 28th June 1918, aged 24

Son of George & Ellen Hough, 27 Cuthbert Street, Burnley

 

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From the Burnley Express dated 20th July 1918: A DARDANELLES MAN

Pte. Archie Hough (24), 240415 East Lancashires, son of Mrs Hough 27 St. Cuthbert Street, Burnley, died from wounds in a casualty clearing station on June 28th.  He enisted on August 6th 1914, and subsequently fought in the Dardanelles Campaign, from which he emerged scathless.  Before the war he was a weaver at Thornton & Tattersall's Rake Head Mill.  He was attached to St. John's R. C. Church, Ivy Street, where he served as a bugler in the Boy's Brigade.  His brother, Signaller David Hough, also of the East Lancashires, is now on active service.  A Catholic Chaplain wrote to Mrs Hough as follows:- "Your son Archie was brought into the Field Hospital yesterday, seriously wounded, and his condition was so critical that we had no hopes of his recovery.  As a Priest I did all I could for him administering the last Sacraments, which he received with great fervour and piety.  I am deeply grieved to say that a few hours later the poor boy died, very gently and peacefully.   Though his wound was a mortal one, yet he did not suffer great pain.  He was very gentle and patient".

 

Buried in Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France: V. C. 10