John A Houghton

Died

2 February 1921

Age

Rank

Temporary Cadet

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed alongside his District Inspector when their patrol was ambushed near Granard, County Longford.

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed alongside his District Inspector when their patrol was ambushed near Granard, County Longford.

Circumstances

Fatally injured in a gun and bomb attack on the patrol he was part of.

Killed alongside District Inspector Francis Worthington Craven when their patrol of two vehicles and seventeen men was ambushed at Ballinlee, near Granard, County Longford. Temporary Cadets George Bush and Harold Clayton both died two days later as a result of the same incident.