WILSON William Henry

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    WILSON
  • Service Number:
    9017
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    23rd September 1916
  • Age At Death:
    26
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte, France, Grave I. H. 26.
  • Place of Birth:
    St George's, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, enlisted Kidderminster
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of the late John Thomas and Elizabeth Wilson

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WILSON William Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Kidderminster War Memorial
Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School

Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above

Stourbridge Old Swinford Hospital School with the information: King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. Died of wounds 23 September 1916. Age 25.

Further Information About WILSON William Henry

Native of Kidderminster.

William Wilson was born on 23rd January 1891, the son of John Thomas and Hannah Wilson Of Kidderminster, Worcestershire.  He entered Old Swinford Hospital on 10th January 1900 and left the school in January 1906 to go to Messrs. Grosvenor & Co, Carpet Manufacturers, Kidderminster.

Kidderminster Shuttle, 7th October 1916:
Fallen in Battle
Official news has been received by the relatives that Sergeant W.H. Wilson, of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, has died from wounds at a clearing station in France, on September 23rd.  He was wounded in the left side by gun-shot, from which he never recovered.  He was on leave four months, but had been in the Army eleven years, doing service in India; whence he was drafted to France.  He made his home with his aunt and sister at 10 Lorne Street.  A smart soldier he was highly respected by all, and his death at the age of twenty-six years is generally regretted.  When in civilian life he was employed in the dyehouse department of Messrs. Woodward, Grosvenor & C0., and it is interesting to recall that he was formerly a Kidderminster Brigade Boy.

Source for additional information: Old Foleyans Remembered Casualties of WW1 published by the Old Foleyans Association, October 1998.

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