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Lieutenant E C Wilson

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Lieutenant Eric Crawcour WILSON, 2nd Battalion, Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, 28th October 1918, age 27.

Born West Ham, Essex, son of William Alfred and Elizabeth Emily Wilson, of St. Breock, Woodford Bridge, Essex.

3rd October 1891, St John the Evangelist, East Dulwich, Southwark, baptism of Eric Crawcour Wilson, son of William Alfred, (Merchant), and Elizabeth Emily Wilson, 58 Disraeli, Forest Gate.

1911 Census - 92 Aldborough Road, Ilford, Essex - William Alfred Wilson, head, age 44, married, chemical merchant & exporter, emplyer, born Bow, London; Elizabeth Emily Wilson, wife, age 45, married 22 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Camberwell, London; Eric Crawcour Wilson, age 19 single, bank clerk, worker, born West Ham, London; Geoffrey Crawcour Wilson, son, age 17, single, apprentice mercantile marine, worker, born East Ham, London; Philip Wilson, son, age 14, school, born East Ham, London; Ralph Louis Wilson, son, age 11, school, born East Ham, London; James Wilkie Brown, visitor, age 46, married, Manager Confectioners ????, worker, bor Edinboro, Scotland; Elizabeth Irwin, servant, age 52, single, cook, worker,  born Havering, Essex; Violet Saunders, servant, age 14, housemaid, worker, born Brentwood, Essex.

Resided 5 Bevis Marks, London EC3; St. Breock, Vicarage Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex.

17th February 1916, posted Mesopotamia Theatre of War.

7th May 1919, Probate - Eric Crawcour Wilson, of 92 Aldborough Road, Seven Kings, Essex, Lieutenant died 28th October 1918, Mesopotamia. Administration London 7th May to William Alfred Wilson, chemical merchant. Effects £405 1s 2d.

Buried at  Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, XVIII. F. 1/29., Iraq.