Private Percy Dwight Wilson

Private (Army).

As of February 26, 2007, Percy Dwight Wilson is one of two surviving Great War Veterans. Lloyd Clemett passed away on Wednesday February 21, 2007. John Babcock is alive at 107 years of age and living in Spokane, Washington.

Percy now resides at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto Ontario Canada.

Further information is bing collected on Percy Wilson and this will be posted at his blog site:

http://cefww1soldierpwilson.blogspot.com/

Dwight passed away 9 May 2007. His obituary, with photo, appeared in the Los Angeles Times on 11 May. It told the story of his enlistment at age 15 in 1916, that he got to England but was then discovered to be underage and returned to Canada. He enlisted again in 1917 in the 69th Battery, but was again discharged for being underage after four months. He tried to enlist during the Second World War but was not accepted because he was now too old. His obituary listed his birthdate in 1901; his first attestation paper recorded it in 1900, which is why this site lists his age at death as 107; his second attestation, from 1917, lists his birthdate in 1899. Can't say he did not try. The second attestation papers (RN 340228) are available here:

http://data4.collectionscanada.ca/netacgi/nph-brs?s1=wilson&s2=dwight&s3=&Sect4=AND&l=20&Sect1=IMAGE&Sect2=THESOFF&Sect5=CEF6PEN&Sect6=HITOFF&d=CEF6&p=1&u=http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/cef/001042-100.01-e.html&r=1&f=G