Romanby Parish Council - Gunner Alfred James Wilson

Name	Unit	Number	Status	Date of Death	Cemetery or Memorial	Age
Gunner Alfred James Wilson	"B" Battery, 165th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery	158651	Killed in Action	29th April 1917	Orchard Dump Cemetry, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France	19
Gunner Wilson's next of kin were his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Wilson and the late John George Wilson. He lived in Romanby. He joined up on 3rd August 1916, before which he had been apprenticed to Mr GW Hay, who ran a grocer's shop in South Parade. He was killed aged 19, during the Battle of Arras.

Name

Unit

Number

Status

Date of Death

Cemetery or Memorial

Age

wilsonaj

"B" Battery, 165th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery

158651

Killed in Action

29th April 1917

Orchard Dump Cemetry, Arleux-en-Gohelle, France

Gunner Wilson's next of kin were his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Wilson and the late John George Wilson. He lived in Romanby.

He joined up on 3rd August 1916, before which he had been apprenticed to Mr GW Hay, who ran a grocer's shop in South Parade.

He was killed aged 19, during the Battle of Arras.

14 January 2025, 7:00pm Romanby Parish Office
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