BORN GRIMSBY 1895. ELDEST SON OF GEORGE & MARY ANN WILSON, AT 13 , RUSKIN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD ONE YOUNGER BROTHER, ROLAND. HIS FATHER WAS A FISH MERCHANT. HE WORKED AS A SHIP OWNER CLERK IN GRIMSBY (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 07/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 8 INCHES TALL, 124 LBS WEIGHT, 34-36 INCH CHEST, HAZEL EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, DARK COMPLEXION. HE REFUSED DENTAL TREATMENT.
HE SERVED WITH THE 10TH EYR, HULL PALS, IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. WOUNDED IN THE BACK OF HIS HEAD ON 08/06/1916. RETURNED TO DUTIES. REPORTED MISSING AND KILLED IN ACTION ON 23/07/1916, AGED 21. HE HAD SERRVED IN THE ARMY FOR 1 YEAR AND 310 DAYS. COMMEMORATED ON THE THEIPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS PARENTS.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, BOULEVARD, HULL. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HULL GRAMMAR WW1 MEMORIAL.
