Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Janairun 1942, Houghton ya zama mataimakin kwamandan na 40 Commando, kuma ya shiga cikin hare-haren da Allies suka yi a kan Dieppe
a ranar 19 ga watan 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.