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Private W G Wilson

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Private William George WILSON, G/5558,  6th Battalion Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, France, death presumed on or after, 3rd July 1916, age 30.

Born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, son of Alfred Wilson, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Stepchildren - Doris Muriel Waghorn, born 27th January 1903; James Victor Waghorn, born 14th March 1904;

1908 March, Tonbridge Registration District, William George Wilson, married Rosanna Waghorn, (born 16th July 1882), 9, Scarborough Terrace, Burham, Rochester, Kent.

Children - William George Wilson, born 27th September 1908; Bessie Evelyn, born 17th June 1910.

1911 Census - 6 Kensington Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - William George Wilson, head, age 24, married, jobbing labourer, worker, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Rosanna Wilson, wife, age 28, married 3 years, 2 children, both still alive (4 children, all still alive, crossed out), born Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire; Doris Muriel Wilson, daughter, age 8, born Cuxton, Kent; William George Wilson, son, age 2, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Bessie Evylyn Wilson, daughter, age 9 months, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent.

14th December 1915, posted BEF.

Commemorated at Thiepval Memorial, Pier & Face 11C, Somme, France.