Hugh Young Wilson

Service Number: N / A

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Force: British Army

Date of Death: 14/6/1917

Age: 23

Date of Birth: 7/7/1893

Birthplace:

Coatbridge

Birth Country: Scotland

Residence Country: Scotland

Residence:

Parkside Cottage, West George St, Coatbridge

Cemetery: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais

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Memorial Statistics

Age at Death

Memorial avg: 26.3 years (-3.3)

Rank

2nd Lieutenant

10 on memorial (1.8%)

Occupation

Railway Worker

23 on memorial (4.2%)

Enlistment Details

Date of Enlistment

1914

Enlistment Location

Location: /08/

Country: Scotland

Family Information

Son of Mr and Mrs Hugh Wilson of Parkside Cottage, West George St, Coatbridge. Hugh had 2 brothers serving. James was a Chaplain to the Forces and by a strange coincidence Hugh met his other brother Neil of the Northumberland Fusiliers in the same hospital as he was in after being wounded. They had not seen each other for 11 months

Details of Death

Killed in Action on the 14/06/1917

Date of Death: 14/6/1917

Location:

action on the 14/06/1917

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Employment

Trainee Chartered Accountant with Moore, Carson and Watson in Glasgow

Occupation: Railway Worker

Additional Information

The 2nd Battalion arrived at Zeebrugge on the 07/10/1914 and were part of the 20th Brigade, 7th Division. Hugh was Killed in Action during an attack on Infantry Hill which formed part of the Hindenburg Line. Hugh is listed as 1st BATTALION on the Coatbridge Memorial. He was previously with the Cameron Highlanders. He received his Commission on the Battlefield. Hugh is also remembered on the Maxwell Parish Church and East United Free Churches Rolls of Honour (see photos) and on the Drumpellier Golf Club Roll of Honour (see photos). See photos for Newspaper clippings x 2, Hugh's name on the Arras Memorial, his CWGC Grave Registration, his Headstone Report and the Gordon Highlanders Cap Badge.

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Quick Stats

Age: 23

Memorial avg: 26.3 (-3.3)

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

10 of 553 soldiers (1.8%)

Occupation: Railway Worker

23 of 530 soldiers (4.3%)

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Cemetery

Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais

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