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Identity disc, Lance-Corporal Albert Haughton, 23rd Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), killed on the Somme, 1916
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Accession Number

NAM.2005-09-35-1

Description

Red identity disc belonged to No F/2364 L/Cpl Albert Henry Haughton, 23rd Bn Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), 1914 (c)-1916 (c). Disc is circular with a piece of string tied through a hole at the top. It is stamped with the owner's name, regiment, number and religion (Church of England). Associated with the Battle of the Somme and the Battle of Flers Courcelette, World War One, Western Front (1914-1918) 1916. L/Cpl Haughton was killed in his battalion's first major action on 15 Sep 1916 and is commemorated on the Thiepval Monument to the Missing of the Battle of the Somme. At this point in the war he would probably only have one identity disc, after its removal his body would be unidentifiable.

Events

Somme, Battle of the, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918), Flers Courcelette, Battle of, 1916 (World War One, Western Front 1914-1918)

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