LCpl
John Wilson
Military Details
Service Number: S/7723
Regiment & Unit / Ship
1st Seaforth Highlanders
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
Low Padstow , Keekle
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
1 st
Service Number at Enlistment
S/7723
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1890
Place of Birth
Keekle
Address
Low Padstow , Keekle
Residence (Census)
Low Padstow , Keekle
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Low Padstow , Keekle
Parents
Joseph & Sophia Wilson
Siblings
Hannah , Mary, Clement , Joseph ,Ada ,Robert E , Henry ,
Family Connection
Brother Clement Hugh Wilson 5th Batt Border Reg. Pte 240653
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Weighman
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
13th July 1916
Age at Death
26
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Iraq
Theater of Action
Mesopotamia
Regiment at Death
Seaforth Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
1st
Rank at Death
LCpl
Buried or Commemorated at
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