Earnest Roy WILTON

  General Notes:

Sourced from "Wilton Family Web Site"

http://www.jcwilton.com// (no longer exists)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

In Memory of
ERNEST ROY WILTON
Private
443109
7th Bn., Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regt.)
who died on
Wednesday, 10th April 1918. Age 23.

Additional
Information:

Son of William and Sarah Wilton, of Koch Siding, British
Columbia.

Commemorative Information

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Historical
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HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France
I. F. 13.

Houchin is a village situated between Barlin and Bethune, about 5
kilometres south of Bethune. Houchin British Cemetery is on the
south-west side of Houchin village. There are CWGC signposts to be found
in the village of Houchin and on the main D72 road.

In March, 1918, the 6th Casualty Clearing Station to Houchin, and the
British Cemetery were opened. From April to September the German
advance made Houchin unsafe for hospitals, and the Cemetery was used by
the 55th (West Lancashire) Division; 432 British and Dominion
burials in the Cemetery belong to that Division, and recall the part it
played in the Battles of the Lys. In September, 1918, the 6th Casualty
Clearing Station returned to Houchin, and in October it was joined by the
15th. There are now over 700, 1914-18 and a small number of 1939-45 war
casualties commemorated in this site. The Cemetery covers an area of
2,407 square metres and is enclosed by a curb.