Private 153962 Louis Harry ILLSON

6th Battalion Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly Pte 38088 Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Died of wounds in France and Flanders, 25th June 1918, age 19

Buried Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France. Grave ref: LXVI.F.20

Awarded British War and Victory Medals

Son of Frank and Emma Illson

Links to Relevant Information

CWGC Page for Private Illson

Etaples Military Cemetery

Machine Gun Corps

Other Information

Born c. 1899 Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire

1901 census living at Willoughby Waterleys, Leicestershire with his parents and siblings

1911 census living as a boarder with his brother and two sisters, at 247 Church Road, Stockingford, Nuneaton with the Gillam family

There is a note on his medal card which says after the war, the army were unable to trace relatives in order to deliver his medals. Link to medal card detail at The National Archives Medal card of Illson, Louis Corps: Machine Gun Corps Regiment No: 153962 … | The National Archives

After some research on Find My Past, it appears that Emma Illson died in 1904. Wilfred Illson went to Canada on the ship ‘Royal George’ in 1908. Frank and Arthur Illson went to Canada on the ship ‘Champlain’ in 1910. Clarence Illson died in Nuneaton in 1918 and Dorothy Illson died in Nuneaton in 1919. Winnie possibly married George Cave in 1923.