BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN WILSON (1836-1887) AND SARAH ANN WILSON.
HE MARRIED MARGARET BLAKE, AT HULL IN 1907. HIS WIFE MARGARET, LIVED 17 NORFOLK STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND STEPNEY LANE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 3RD CANADIAN HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 26/10/1915, AGED 31.
HE LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILD. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO MR J.H. WILD, CLERK AND GUARDIAN OF THE SCULCOATES WORKHOUSE AND MRS MARY ELLEN LARMAN, OF 4, ALPHA PLACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE IS LISTED ON HULL’S BLENHEIM STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 01/12/1916, AND IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 30/10/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
First name:
RICHARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
11199
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/10/1915
Place died:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
31
