Royce Wilson
Service Number
23468
Military Unit
15th Bn Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
Date of birth
Date of Death
11 Feb 1917 (25 years old)
Place of Birth
Nottingham
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a collier in 1911.
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Family History
He was the son of William and Kate Wilson and the brother of Kate, Lily, Grace and May Wilson. In 1901 they lived at 16 Pump Street Sneinton Nottingham. In 1911 he was boarding in Lincolnshire. He was the husband of Edith (née Holland) Wilson and the father of William, Royce and Adelaide Wilson.
Military History
Unknown
Extra Information
Nottingham Evening Post notice (abridged) 16 February 1917: ‘Wilson. Died of wounds in hospital February 11th, Private Royce Wilson, only son of Kate and the late William Wilson, age 24. Mother, sisters. Husband of Edith Wilson. Wife and children.’
Calais Southern Cemetery Grave Reference: Plot F Row 3 Grave 17
Research by Rachel Farrand
Photographs
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