Background
HOUSTON, Wilfred B. Davidsonwas born in 1870. Second son of late Reverend B. C. DavidsonHouston, Master of Arts, of County Cork and Dublin.
HOUSTON, Wilfred B. Davidsonwas born in 1870. Second son of late Reverend B. C. DavidsonHouston, Master of Arts, of County Cork and Dublin.
Studied at Corrig School, Ireland. Saint Edward’s, Oxford. 2nd Lieutenant 5th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 1887.
Captain, 1892; Major, 1902. Lieutenant-Colonel, 1906. British South Africa Company Police, and Assistant Commissioner Mashonaland, 1890-1892.
Assistant Inspector Gold Coast Hausas, 1894.
Captain West African Frontier Force, 1898. Special Service, Kwaliu, 1894-1895.
Ashanti Expedition, 1895-1896, Commanded Advanced Guard (dispatches, star). Special Mission to Samong and North-west Ashanti, 1896.
With Hausa Detachment Jubilee Celebrations, 1897 (medal).
Operations North.T. Gold Coast, 1897-1898 (medal and clasp). Acting Resident Ashanti, 1899-1900. Ashanti Campaign, 1900 (medal and clasp).
South African Campaign, 1901-1902, Staff Officer (medal and Five Clasps).
Commissioner Ashanti, 1902. Acting Chief Commissioner of Ashanti, 1903-1904-1905. Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Commissioner of Montserrat, British West Indies CA California, since 1906.
Clubs;Royal Aeronautical, Sports. Kildare Street, Dublin.