Knightsbridge Barracks
58TH RIFLES FRONTIER FORCE
KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS SEPTEMBER 25TH 1915
ERECTED BY HIS WIFE
1919
58TH VAUGHAN’S RIFLES (FF)
KILLED IN ACTION 25 SEPTEMBER 1915
DRINKING FOUNTAIN
& CATTLE TROUGH
ASSOCIATION
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| Location | Within Knightsbridge Barracks just inside the perimeter wall on Kensington Road/Knightsbridge. |
| Side inscription | IN LOVING MEMORY OF LIEUT. COLONEL C.E.D. DAVIDSON-HOUSTON D.S.O. 58TH RIFLES FRONTIER FORCE KILLED IN ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS SEPTEMBER 25TH 1915 ERECTED BY HIS WIFE 1919 |
| Side inscription | IN MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND LT-COLONEL C.E.D. DAVIDSON-HOUSTON D.S.O. 58TH VAUGHAN’S RIFLES (FF) KILLED IN ACTION 25 SEPTEMBER 1915 |
| Front inscription | |
| End inscription | METROPOLITAN DRINKING FOUNTAIN & CATTLE TROUGH ASSOCIATION |
| MDFCTA number | 3057 (originally 2100) |
| Type and size | Trough 1d 9ft 6in granite |
| Original location | Westminster. Horse Guards, Hyde Park Barracks (originally Kensington Rd, Westminster opposite Hyde Park Gate) |
| Date erected | 3 November 1950 (originally 12 August 1919) |
| Comments | This trough was originally erected on 12 August 1919, as MDFCTA number [2100], on Kensington Rd, Westminster opposite Hyde Park Gate. It was the gift of Mrs. Davidson-Houston. It was moved from Hyde Park Gate and re-erected, as MDFCTA number [3057], at the Stables, Hyde Park Barracks on 3 November 1950. Lt.-Col. Charles Elrington Duncan Davidson-Houston was the son of Reverend Bennett Clear Davidson-Houston. He married Constance Isabelle Barton Childers, daughter of Robert Caesar Childers and Anna Mary Henrietta Barton, on 11 February 1907. He died during the Battle of Loos on 25 September 1915, killed in action, without issue. He was decorated with the award of Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.). He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the 58th (Vaughan's) Rifles, Indian Army. One of a few troughs with an inscription that refers to World War 1. |