BORN HULL 1890. SON OF THE LATE AMOS WILSON (1841-1901) & SARAH ANN JOHNSON (1843-1895) HULL. ONE OF NINE CHILDREN. AN APPRENTICE COOPER. HE MARRIED IN HULL, ON 23/05/1912. HUSBAND OF ALICE (PERKINS) OF 144 LEE STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SHE LATER MOVED TO 11 BEECHVILLE AVENUE, DEAN ROAD SCARBOROUGH. THEIR SON EDWIN WAS BORN ON 15/10/1915.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 11/11/1916. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 114 LBS WEIGHT, 34 INCH CHEST, DEFECTIVE MOLAR TOOTH, AN INJURY SCAR IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BACK. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 17/01/1917. SERVED WITH THE 10TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. WAS WOUNDED ON 22/08/1917. RETURNED TO HIS UNIT. KILLED AT PASSCHENDAELE, ON 14/10/1917, AGED 27. COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, TO THE MISSING.
HE LEFT BROTHERS, GEORGE, ALBERT, HERBERT AND EDWIN, AND SISTERS, MARY JANE BURTON, AND MILLE DOUGHTY.
