Alexander Francis Lyall Houison MM

Rank:

Gunner

Regimental number:

322907

Unit at enlistment:

12th Brigade C.F.A., 54th Battery

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

November 4th, 1918

Cemetery:

London Cemetery and Extension - Somme, France - I.K.10

Awards or decorations:

Military Medal

Commemorated at:

Alexandra Presbyterian Church

Birth country:

Scotland

Birth county:

Fife

Birth city:

Leven

Address at enlistment:

21 Greenwich Street, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

21 Greenwich Street, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Carpenter

Religious denominations:

Presbyterian

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Gallantry medals:

Yes

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Letters and documents

London Gazette: 31227
Date: March 13, 1919
Honour or Award: Military Medal
Authority: C.O. 1930, November 3, 1918
Name: Alexander Francis Lyall Houison (322907)
Unit: 3rd Brigade C.F.A.

BX November 27, 1918

Gunner Alexander Houison Awarded M.M. – Local Soldier, Recently Reported Killed in Action, Honoured

Mr. and Mrs. John Houison, 21 Greenwich Street, have received word that their son, Gunner Alexander Houison had been awarded the Military Medal. No further information has been received, nor any particulars about the action. Gunner Houison was reported killed in action a little over a week ago.

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds in the Field, France.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Position on Eastern outskirts of Valenciennes.

BX March 3, 1920

A Memorial Pulpit at Alexandra Church

Mr. and Mrs. Houison have presented Alexandra Church with a new pulpit and three altar chairs for the newly refitted basement as a memorial to their two sons who were killed in France. Miss Houison has presented the church with a clock. The gifts were received on Monday by Rev. C.S. Oke, the pastor, on the occasion being the fourth anniversary of the departure of the Houison boys for France.

Sergeant George Houison was killed at Vimy on April 21, 1917, and Signaller Alex Houison made the supreme sacrifice at Valenciennes November 4, 1918. Another Son, Sergeant John Houison, has returned home safely though suffering from shell-shock. All three who were prominently identified with Alexandra choir, Sunday school and Young People’s Society, enlisted with the 54th Battery.