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Military service
Age:
25
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Signal Corps
Division:
1st Div.
Birth:
November 29, 1890
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
October 9, 1916
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Son of Hugh Cunningham and Mary Ann Lyell (née Webster) Wilson. Brother of Hugh Currie Wilson.
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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"Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918: A record of service”, Bank of Montreal, 1921
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Captain William Webster Wilson
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Captain William Webster Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 184 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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