BORN BEVERLEY 19/12/1889. YOUNGEST SON OF GEORGE AND SARAH JANE WILSON, OF WOOD LANE, BEVERLEY. STEP SON OF LANCE CORPORAL, SHERE, OF 11 WELLINGTON LANE, BEVERLEY ROAD, HULL HE WAS FORMER STEWARD ON THE STEAM SHIP “ARRO”.
HE ENLISTED IN FEBRUARY 1916. JOINING THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE BOARDED WITH HIS BROTHERS WILLIAM AND GEORGE WILSON, AT 131 , ST PAULS STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS). HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AND LATER CONFIRMED, KILLED AT THE SOMME, ON 16/09/1916, AGED 41. COMMEMORATED AT THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, SARAH.
HIS MOTHER REPORTED HIM MISSING IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/11/1916. * HIS DEATH WAS CONFIRMED IN THE HDM, ON 22/08/1917. *
First name:
THOMAS
Regiment:
Military Number:
27865
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
27
