Private Herbert Houston
Number: 33381
Company: 61st (South Irish Horse) Company (Dublin) (New), 17th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 4 March 1901
Place: Belfast
Age: 20 years
Trade of calling: Manager
Place of birth: In the Parish of Beragh, in or near the Town of Beragh, in the County of Tyrone.
Family: Single. Father Francis Irwin-Houston (dec.), farmer, mother Jane Houston (nee McCoy), 47 Market Street, Lurgan (address deleted on enlistment form and replaced with Clonfeacle House, Blackwater Town, County Armagh).
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 9 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes grey, hair brown.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 6 April 1901
Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, 1901 and 1902 clasps.
DEATH
Date: 4 January 1902
Place: Zwarthberg, near Ladybrand (also recorded as having died at Bankfontein).
Cause: Enteric fever
Buried/ commemorated: Kroonstad Old Cemetery/ Kroonstad Memorial.
This page last updated 22 August 2024.