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|Army number=3133977
 
|Army number=3133977
 
|Rank=Pte
 
|Rank=Pte
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|Date of birth=Born Ayrshire 1920/21.
 
|Age=20
 
|Age=20
|Unit=Royal Scots Fusiliers, Trf Durham Light Infantry, Posted 11th Bn DLI 26/6/40, Iceland, DIED as a result of an accidental shooting in Iceland 2/1/41.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers - probably 18/4/1940.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 26/6/40, Posted 11th Bn DLI.  Served BEF?  Served  Iceland.  One of two casualties who DIED as a result of an accidental shooting in Iceland 2/1/41.
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|Joined Brigade=26/6/1940.
 
|Died/Killed in action=02-Jan-41
 
|Died/Killed in action=02-Jan-41
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|Home address=Resident of Ayrshire.  No further family information as yet.  Buried Grave C3. 7. Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery.
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|Image Name=George_Davis_HOUSTON_11_DLI.jpg
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|Image Title=Pte George Davis Houston's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
|Home address=Research suggests that Houston was born in Ayrshire.  Buried Grave C3. 7. Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery.
 
 
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Latest revision as of 13:50, 25 November 2016

Personnel Entry

Pte George Davis Houston's CWGC headstone.
Pte George Davis Houston's CWGC headstone.

Name Houston George Davis
Army number 3133977
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Born Ayrshire 1920/21.
Age 20
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Scots Fusiliers - probably 18/4/1940. Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 26/6/40, Posted 11th Bn DLI. Served BEF? Served Iceland. One of two casualties who DIED as a result of an accidental shooting in Iceland 2/1/41.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade 26/6/1940.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 02-Jan-41
Home address Resident of Ayrshire. No further family information as yet. Buried Grave C3. 7. Reykjavik (Fossvogur) Cemetery.
Source table 11DLI