Private 202016 Ernest WILSON

Private 202016 Ernest Wilson{gallery}Pte E Wilson{/gallery}2nd / 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 3rd May 1917, aged 20

• Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 6
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of Arthur and Ellen May Wilson of Cemetery Lane, Hartshill
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chapel End and Hartshill.
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Wilson
• NNWFHS Chapel End WM Page
• NNWFHS Hartshill War Memorial Page
• Arras Memorial
• Duke of Wellington’s Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1897 in Atherstone
• Lived at Cemetery Lane, Hartshill [1901 and 1911]
  
• Employed as an office boy [1911]