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Private JOHN W. C. WILSON

Service Number: 24255
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. Q. 15A.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh and the late Jane Wilson, of Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription GALLANT AND BRAVE WITH ALL HIS MIGHT HE FOUGHT FOR HONOUR TRUTH AND RIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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