The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J Wilson

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Private Joseph WILSON, G/19470, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 82949, Sherwood Foresters), killed in action, Flanders France, death presumed on or after, 12th October 1917, age 30.

Born New Mills, near Stockport, Derbyshire, son of John Wilson, of Chapel Street, New Mills,  Derbyshire.

Husband of Sophia Wilson, (born 21st June 1889),  5, New Street, Church Road, New Mills, Derbyshire.

Children - Annie Wilson, born 4th February 1910;

1911 Census - 5, New Street, New Mills, Derbyshire. - Joseph Wilson, head, age 24, married, Calico Print Works Joiner, worker, born New Mills, Derbyshire; Sophia Wilson, wife, age 23, married 2 years, 1 child. still alive, born Newtown, Cheshire; Annie Wilson, daughter, age 1, born Newtown, Cheshire.

Children - Gladys Wilson, born 31st August 1911.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.