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Private RICHARD ALEXANDER WILSON

Service Number: 10840
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1914

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY

I. N. 337.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Eleanor E. Wilson, of 44, Poplar St., Ardwick, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET JESUS TAKE HIM TO THY SACRED HEART AND LET HIM REST THEREIN R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

METEREN MILITARY CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 839
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