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Lance Corporal SAMUEL G. HOUSTON

Service Number: 2877854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WARNETON (WAASTEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row B. Grave 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Maggie Houston, of Aberdeen; husband of Helen Houston. Champion Highland Dancer.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, BELOVED YOU DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. MUM
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Buried or commemorated at

WARNETON (WAASTEN) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 21
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