BORN HULL 1884. SON OF MRS CHARLOTTE ANN (WALKER) & THE LATE ROBERT WILSON WATTS, OF 14 TADMAN STREET, HULL AND 1 CROMWELL TERRACE, WEST PARADE, SPRING BANK, HULL . ELDEST OF FOUR CHILDREN.
WAS AN ENGINEER EMPLOYED BY MESSRS, MAJOR OF WILMINGTON AND AN EX HULL & BARNSLEY RAILWAY WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH “D” COMPANY, THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD BEEN ON ACTIVE SERVICE FOR NINE MONTHS AND WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/08/1916, AGED 32.
HE IS BURIED AT LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS”
HE IS PICTURED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/08/1915. *
First name:
THOMAS WILSON
Military Number:
3735
Rank:
Private
Date Died
01/08/1916
Place died:
LA LAITERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM
Age:
32
