W. Wilson
Epithet: First World War soldier
Record type: First World War Biographies
Town / Village residence: Douglas
Biography: First World War Soldier. 'No. 33723. Drummer. No. 2 Co. 13 Cheshire R. (Regiment). In France No news for 2 months. Have written - Sept. 1916 Nov-1916. Letter from War Office - no news. With unit.Nov In Jan. 1917 Reported wounded & missing on July 6.1916. June 1917. Presumed killed.' Note: Commonwealth War Graves Commission shows him as R. W. Wilson and date of death as 7 July 1916 (Extract from handwritten notes by The Reverend Robert Daniel Kermode, Vicar of St George's Church, Douglas, about men from his parish serving in the First World War. MS 10003/14)
External sources: 15 Alexander Drive