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Second Lieutenant DAVID OLIVER WILSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)

1st/1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

I. J. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Andrew and Emma Elizabeth Wilson, of 14, Howard Rd., Bromley, Kent. Native of London.
  • Personal Inscription HONOURED,BELOVED AND WEPT
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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