BORN HESSLE 1889. SON OF JOSEPH AND HANNAH JANE GIBSON, OF 9 BRUNSWICK GROVE, HULL. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND FIVE SSTERS.
A LABOURER. HE MARRIED AT HULL, ON 28/10/1911. HIS WIDOW ANNA MARY MORLEY (1890-1975) AND THREE DAUGHTERS, LIVED AT 51 FLORENCE AVENUE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE, HULL (PENSION LEDGER ADDRESS)
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 15/12/1915. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 28/07/1916. JOINED THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, ON 10/08/1916. DURING A SUCCESSFUL, NIGHT, TRENCH RAID, NORTH OF ROEUX (SEVEN MILITARY MEDALS WERE AWARDED), HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/07/1917, AGED 28. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE HESSLE ROLL OF HONOUR, ALL SAINTS PARISH CHURCH.
First name:
JOHN WILSON
Regiment:
Military Number:
23153
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/07/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
51 FLORENCE AVENUE, HULL ROAD, HESSLE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
