BORN HULL 1898. SON OF ALBERT & ELIZABETH WILSON OF 48, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS FATHER WAS BORN IN PATRINGTON AND WORKED AS A STREET LAMP GLAZIER FOR THE BRITISH LIGHT AND GAS COMPANY. HIS MOTHER WAS BORN IN MARKET RASEN. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER, IVY.
HE WORKED AS A NEWSBOY (1911 CENSUS)
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED A PRISONER OF WAR, ON 12/10/1918, AGED 20. BURIED AT HAUTMONT COMMUNAL CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 17TH APRIL 1919. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, ALBERT.
HIS BROTHER, HAROLD WILSON, 12/493, 12TH EYR, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 18/04/1918.
First name:
FRED
Regiment:
Military Number:
203515
Rank:
Private
Date Died
12/10/1918
Place died:
Hautmont Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
20
48, RAYWELL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
