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Gunner WILLIAM JAMES HOUSTON

Service Number: 307339
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

2nd/1st (Lowland) Heavy Bty.

Date of Death

Died 26 May 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY

Plot 2. Row C. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas John and Mary Houston, of Mid Lodge, Oxenfoord Castle, Ford, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription TREASURED MEMORIES OF ONE SO DEAR OFT RECALL A SILENT TEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

BERTRANCOURT MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 419
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