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Lieutenant Colonel GORDON CHESNEY WILSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Guards

Date of Death

Died 06 November 1914

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD

B. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Member of the Royal Victorian Order, Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Sir Samuel Wilson, Kt.; husband of Lady Sarah I.A. Wilson, R.R.C., of 23c, Bruton St., London.
  • Personal Inscription LIFE IS A CITY OF CROOKED STREETS DEATH THE MARKET PLACE WHERE ALL MEN MEET
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Buried or commemorated at

ZILLEBEKE CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 32
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