BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF NED JESSOP WILSON (1869-1939) & RHODA (HAWLEY) WILSON, OF 36, ALL SAINTS STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HIS SISTERS MABEL & DORIS, LIVED 95 MIDDLETON STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND 9, WHITEHALL GARDENS, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL
AN ARTIST APPRENTICE. HE HAD A PROMISING ART CAREER BEFORE HIM.
HE ENLISTED AT MARYLEBONE, MIDDLESEX. JOINED THE 20TH KRRC (LONDON REGIMENT) KILLED BY A SHELL, WHILE WORKING WITH HIS COMPANY, IN THE TRENCHES, ON 04/05/1917, AGED 20. HE IS BURIED AT TILOY BRITISH CEMETERY, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 19TH MAY 1917.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON HIS PARENTS GRAVE AT HULL NORTHERN CEMETERY.
| Name | Horace Wilson |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Stepney Lane, Hull. 1897 |
| Residence | Son of Ned and Rhoda Wilson, of 9, Whitehall Gardens, Victoria Avenue, Hull. |
| Death Date | 4 May 1917 |
| Death Place | Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Marylebone, Middx. |
| Rank | Rifleman |
| Regiment | King’s Royal Rifle Corps |
| Battalion | 20th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | C/9796 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
HORACE
Military Number:
9796
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
04/05/1917
Place died:
Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
20
9 WHITEHALL GARDENS, VICTORIA AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
