BORN HULL 1891. SON OF MARK AND ANNIE WILSON AT 13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). ONE OF THREE SONS KILLED IN THE WAR. A FORMER FISH WORKER. HIS MOTHER WAS DECEASED AND HE LEFT SISTERS, MARY AND ELEANOR AND OLDER BROTHER HARRY.
HE ENLISTED IN THE HULL PALS 23/11/1914. HE WAS 5 FOOT 4 INCHES TALL AND OF ‘GOOD’ BUILD. HE SERVED IN EGYPT. ARRIVED FRANCE ON 08/03/1916. ON 10/4/1916 WAS AWARDED 21 DAYS FIELD PUNISHMENT NO;1 FOR REFUSING TO OBEY AN ORDER AND USING OBSCENE LANGUAGE.TO AN NCO. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION 13/11/1916, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE RETURNED TO HIS FATHER MARK ON HESSLE ROAD.
HIS BROTHERS, DECK HAND, HERBERT WILSON AND PRIVATE, GEORGE WILSON WERE BOTH KILLED IN 1915.
First name:
MARK ADAMSON
Military Number:
13/753
Rank:
Private
Date Died
13/11/1916
Place died:
Queens Cemetery, Puisieux, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
13 NELLIES TERRACE, GILLETT STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
