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Private Henry Ronald Wilson

 

Number: 30593

Company: 60th (North Irish Horse) Company (Belfast) (New)

ENLISTMENT

Date: 16 February 1901

Place: Belfast

Age: 26 years

Trade of calling: Stone mason. Served a six-year apprenticeship in Halifax, Yorkshire, with Fisher & Sons. ('Electrician' recorded on marriage certificate.)

Place of birth: In the Parish of Darlington, in or near the Town of Darlington, in the County of Durham.

Family: Brother (elder) Robert Wilson. Wife Flora (nee Gossey), married 2 May 1898 Dublin. Children Mona, born 3 September 1900 Dublin, Florence Olive, born 3 December 1901 Dublin.

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 6". Complexion fresh, eyes brown, hair brown.

Religion: Wesleyan

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 12 March 1901

Service medal, clasps and other awards: Queen's South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, 1901, and 1902 clasps.

DEATH

Date: 1 April 1902

Place: Wilge River

Cause: Drowned

Buried/ commemorated: Not known at present.

This page last updated 21 August 2024.