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Military service
Age:
21
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn. (Royal Highlanders of Canada)
Birth:
December 18, 1894
Haddington, Scotland
Enlistment:
June 6, 1915
Montreal, Québec
Death:
September 15, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. M. 2.
Additional information
Only son of Ethel M. Blair Wilson (nee Barclay), of Knochleith, Auchterless, Scotland. Educated at Horris Hill and Winchester.
Digital gallery of Major Charles Blair Wilson
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Photo of Charles Blair Wilson
Major Charles B. Wilson, 42nd Battalion Royal Highlanders. Killed in action at the Somme on September 15, 1916. <br> (Photo from donor's collection). -
Medals
The service medals and Memorial Cross of Major Charles Blair Wilson, 42nd Battalion RHC. He was killed at the Battle of the Somme September 15, 1916.<br> (Photo from donor's collection) -
Grave marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Telescope that belonged to Major Wilson
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Photo of Charles Blair Wilson
Spyglass -
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Major Charles Blair Wilson
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Blair Wilson
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Blair Wilson
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Blair Wilson
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Blair Wilson
Digital gallery of
Major Charles Blair Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 183 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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