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WILSON, Ernest Frederick

Wilson, Ernest Frederick

Rank: Private

Year of death: 1917

Date of birth: 1876 4th Quarter

Date of death: 02/08/1917

Place of death: France and Flanders

Service number: 30421

Regiment: Alexandra Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire) Regiment

Medals:

Cemetery location: Family stone – Dean Road Cemetery Scarborough Section A (awaiting restoration)

Where remembered?:
Ypres (Menin Gate) panel 33
Scarborough War Memorial


Biographical Information

Born in Middlesbrough
1901 census shows Ernest as son of Jane Wilson (widow- lodging house keeper) 41 North Marine Road, Scarborough. The 1911 census lists Ernest as a drapers assistant and married to Mary (nee Hobbs or Hodds) and living at 18 Prospect Park, Scarborough
They had 2 children, Muriel and Frederick
Killed in action
France and Flanders

Inscription

(family stone Dean Road Cemetery Scarborough Section A)
(awaiting restoration)