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JACOB WILSON
BORN BROOMFLEET, EAST YORKSHIRE, 1890. SON OF FRANK WILSON (1838-1923) & ANNIE SIMS (1859-1931), OF BROOMFLEET, HOWDEN. SON OF A FARMER. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND A SISTER. HE HAD A TWIN BROTHER, ISAAC.
MARRIED AT HOWDEN, 17/11/1915. HUSBAND OF JANE ELLEN WATSON (1891-1974), OF MELTON, BROUGH, EAST YORKSHIRE (CWGC RECORDS).
HE ENLISTED AT YORK. JOINED THE 17TH NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS (RAILWAY PALS) FORMED IN HULL. KILLED IN ACTION, 02/11/917, AGED 27. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, JANE
HE IS LISTED AS A HULL CASUALTY IN HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 01/12/1917.
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