hi jo
is that your post on the boer war site ? .
also i,ve looked in service /pension records just in case of him being in british army but although there are a handful of hounsom,s he,s not one of them .
just checked passenger lists and found this , no first name but hounsom, left southampton 11 feb 1901 for south africa aboard the arundel castle ,occupation police .
well done ken for thinking of the passenger lists .
regards
trevor