BORN HULL 1894. ONLY SON OF WILLIAM WILSON & SARAH ANN COPEMAN, OF 60, ETON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). HE HAD THREE SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A BARBER APPRENTICE (1911 CENSUS). DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 17/05/1915. MARRIED ELIZA ANN SMALES AT ST JAMES CHURCH, HULL, ON 17/06/1915. HER ADDRESS WAS 13 GOODWIN TERRACE, DAY STREET, HULL.
HE SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. BECAME A SIGNALLER INSTRUCTOR AND PROMOTED CORPORAL, ON 22/01/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 15/09/1916. ACCIDENTALLY WOUNDED IN GAS TRAINING ON 29/11/1916 AND RETURNED TO BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL, ENGLAND, ON 31/12/1916. RETURNED TO FRANCE ON 11/06/1917. RECEIVED INFLAMATION TO LEFT EYE AND RETURNED TO GLASGOW HOSPITAL ON 20/10/1917. JOE WAS POSTED BACK TO FRANCE AGAIN, ON 05/04/1918. HE WAS GASSED & KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/04/1918, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW, ELIZA ANN.
