A watan Janairun shekarar 1942, Houghton ya zama mataimakin kwamandan Commando 40, kuma ya shiga cikin 'yan kwaminisanci da suka gaza
kai hari kan Dieppe a ranar 19 ga Agusta 1942. Kamar yawancin ƙungiyarsa, 'yan Jamus sun kama shi a cikin abin da ya faru. A matsayin fursunonin yaki, an daure Houghton har tsawon kwanaki 411, kuma ya kasance a cikin bauta don sauran yakin. Daga baya an ba shi lambar yabo ta Soja saboda jaruntakarsa a Dieppe da kuma jimirinsa a matsayin fursunonin yaƙi.