BORN HULL 1894. SON OF WILLIAM WILSON & ELLEN ANN TIPPETT (1865-1935), OF 154 SHARP STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 180 NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
SON OF A BRICKLAYER. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND THREE SISTERS. WORKED AS A GAS FITTER, FOR THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS (TERRITORIALS). DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 27/06/1917, AGED 23.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, ELLEN ANN.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE RAMC MEMORIAL WENLOCK BARRACKS, HULL. ALSO LISTED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLAND, HULL
J WILSON IS LISTED ON THE BRITISH GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANY WW1 MEMORIAL, LOCATED AT FAKENHAM GAS MUSEUM, NORFOLK.
First name:
JOSEPH HENRY
Military Number:
390050
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/06/1917
Place died:
Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-Sur-Cojeul , Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
