BORN REDCAR 1880. SON OF WILLIAM WILSON, OF WILLIAM STREET, HULL. HIS WIFE HANNAH MARY WILSON LIVED AT 22 HANSON STREET, REDCAR. HE ENLISTED IN REDCAR. SEVED AS A WHEELER IN THE ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT THE 10TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, ON 19/03/1916, AGED 36. HE LEFT A WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW
BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. THE INSCRIPTION ON HIS GRAVE, READS, “HIS END WAS PEACE”.
First name:
WILLIAM HENRY
Military Number:
40001
Rank:
Wheeler
Date Died
19/03/1916
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
36
