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Person Details
26 Jul 1899
New Lenton, Nottingham
Son Of Mary Wilson, Of New Lenton, Notts. Father Herbert Wilson, Mary and Herbert married in 1901, after William's birth.
Wool Card Winder for W Hollins & Co Mills at Lenton.
29 Apr 1918
18
468968 - CWGC Website
76477
6 Wooleston Terrace, New Lenton, Nottingham
Private
22nd Bn Durham Light Infantry
Enlisted 19/02/1917 aged 17 years, initially into the Sherwood Foresters, then transferred to the Durham Light Infantry. Died of a gun shot wound to his thigh.
William's mother had the words "Not Forgotten" added to his CWGC headstone. Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport
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