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Private JAMES MATTHEW WILSON

Service Number: 18952
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL

Coll. grave 4.G.12-16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Robert Wilson and Elizabeth Wilson, of 27, Royal Park Terrace, Edinburgh.

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Buried or commemorated at

LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 4040
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