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Sapper Adam Wilson

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Wilson, Adam
Date of birth: 1891-03-08
Place of birth: Stevenston Ayrshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mary Wilson, mother, Stevenston, Ayrshire
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Coal Miner
Occupation (normalized): Miner, General
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-05-12
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Strand Military Cemetery, I. C. II.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 406641
Highest Rank: Sapper
Rank detail
  1. Sapper (Army).
  2. Private (Army).
  3. Private, 1st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: killed by shrapnel from anti-aircraft shell at 8.25 a.m. (War Diary)

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 165677
LAC ID: 316235
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B10430-S037
Uploader's Notes: Serving with 44th Regiment, Lincoln and Welland. Son of Alex and Mary Wilson, of 32, Townhead St., Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes: October 2018 - 1914/15 Star offered on eBay (named to 1st Battalion) [Private Army Canadian Infantry 36th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 1st Battalion Sapper Army Canadian Engineers No. 3 Tunnelling Company ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2018-10-07