Davidson-Houston, Wilfred Edmond Clear, elder son of Lieut.-Col. Wilfred Bennett Davidson-Houston, C.M.G., by Annie Henrietta, only daughter of E. Langley Hunt, of co. Limerick; b. Sept. 1, 1901; adm. May 4, 1916 (R); left March 1918; 2nd Lieut. R. Berks Regt. Aug. 31, 1922; Lieut. Aug. 31, 1924; served with the Waziristan Expedition 1923-4; seconded W. African Frontier Force 1926-32; Capt. Feb. 28, 1935; Major Aug. 31, 1939; temp. Lieut.-Col. 1942; mentioned in despatches (Persia and Iraq) L. G. Dec. 30, 1941, Aug. 5 and Dec. 25, 1943; retired with hon. rank of Lieut.-Col. April 7, 1948; m. June 1, 1941, Vernie Agnete, only daughter of Noel Pinkston O'Reilly-Blackwood, M.B.E., of Famagusta, Cyprus; d. 18 Oct. 1978.
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