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.
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
