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.
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
