BORN HULL 1874. SON OF THOMAS SCOTT (1842-1919) AND ISABELLA ANN SCOTT (1842-1911). HE MARRIED HARRIET DOUGLAS ON 18/08/1895, AT NEWTON-KYME, YORK. HIS WIFE HARRIET & 6 CHILDREN LIVED AT 8 STATION COTTAGES, BILTON LESBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND. HE WORKED AS AN ENGINE DRIVER FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. HIS BROTHER JOHN SCOTT LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS. HE ENLISTED AT AMBLE, IN NOTHUMBERLAND. SERVED WITH THE 20TH TYNESIDE SCOTTS. WAS KILLED ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 40. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, HARRIET.
HE IS BURIED AT OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY, FRANCE
First name:
THOMAS WILSON
Military Number:
20/1149
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/07/1916
Place died:
Ovillers Military Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
40
5 ELSIE VILLAS, HOLLAND STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
