BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JOSEPH LAUGHTON (1850-1915) & CLARA COOPER (1854-1913), OF 34, FRANCIS STREET, HULL AND DUNSWELL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, 13/1223, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE DIED ON 11/04/1918, AGED 28.
HIS ARMY AFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CATHERINE E. LAUGHTON, AT 17, WOODBINE TERRACE, REYNOLDSON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, FRANK HENRY AND DOREEN MAJORIE.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HIS BROTHER, PTE, SAMUEL LAUGHTON, 11/1088, 12TH EYR, WAS KILLED AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 33. HIS OTHER BROTHER, FREDERICK LAUGHTON, DIED IN HULL IN 1918, AGED 37.
THE THREE BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON THE DUNSWELL SUN DIAL WAR MEMORIAL, ST FAITHS CHURCH, HULL
