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RICHARD WILSON
Kingston upon Hull HU5 3PS
England
BORN HULL 1884. SON OF JOHN WILSON (1836-1887) AND SARAH ANN WILSON.
HE MARRIED MARGARET BLAKE, AT HULL IN 1907. HIS WIFE MARGARET, LIVED 17 NORFOLK STREET (1911 CENSUS) AND STEPNEY LANE, HULL. HE WORKED AS A BUTCHER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED IN THE 7TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, AT 3RD CANADIAN HOSPITAL, ETAPLES, ON 26/10/1915, AGED 31.
HE LEFT A WIDOW AND CHILD. HIS ARMY PENSION WENT TO MR J.H. WILD, CLERK AND GUARDIAN OF THE SCULCOATES WORKHOUSE AND MRS MARY ELLEN LARMAN, OF 4, ALPHA PLACE, RAYWELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE IS LISTED ON HULL'S BLENHEIM STREET MEMORIAL.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 01/12/1916, AND IN THE HULL TIMES, ON 30/10/1915, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
Étaples 62630
Hauts-de-France
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