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Fireman JOHN HOUSTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy)

H.M.S. Nile.

Date of Death

Died 15 October 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

3. K. 10.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Archibald and Elizabeth Houston, of Glasgow; husband of Jean Houston, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE HATH DONE WHAT HE COULD
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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