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Military service
Service number:
452043
Age:
26
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
58th Bn.
Birth:
September 18, 1890
Death:
June 30, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 9.
Additional information
Son of Janet Wilson; husband of Dorothy A. Wilson of Toronto, Ontario. Born in Scotland.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Robert Wilson
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Grave marker
The grave marker at La Chaudiere Military Cemetery located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Old Toronto City Hall
The Toronto Street Railway Memorial plaque is located inside the Old City Hall in Toronto, Ontario. -
Toronto Street Railway War Memorial
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
Poem written by Lieutenant Gould in honour of Sgt. Robert Wilson, published in the Toronto Star on January 16th, 1918. -
Photo of Robert Wilson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram May 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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