Personal Details

Born: 29 May 1887 in the Whitchurch registration district and baptised on 3 July 1887 at St. Michael`s Parish Church, Marbury, Cheshire.

Family: He was the eldest of three surviving children born to George Henry Wilson, a farm labourer, and his wife Mary. He married Ellen Tyler in 1914 in Tenbury, Worcestershire. The couple had two children, Arthur George and Harold R.

Residence: In 1891 he was living with his parents in Norbury, Cheshire. Ten years later they were living in Wirswall, near Whitchurch. In 1919 the Absent Voters` List had an address of 29 Park Road, Whitchurch for him. This continued to be his home until his death in 1962.

Employment: He was working in a locomotive stores in 1939.

Died: In 1962 in Deermoss Hospital, Whitchurch, Shropshire and buried in Whitchurch Cemetery on 25 September the same year, aged 75.

Military Details

Reason for Discharge: Demobilisation

Further military details not known