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Surname: WILSON
Forename(s): Cameron
Place of Birth: Steeton, Yorkshire
Service No: S/43056
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
Battalion / Unit: 'C' Coy 2nd Battalion
Division: 4th Division
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1917-04-11
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. C. 7.
CWGC Cemetery: BROWN’S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: STEETON-WITH-EASTBURN, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SUTTON-IN-CRAVEN, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Cameron Wilson was the son of William Clough and Elizabeth Ellen Wilson, née Lees. William, born in Kildwick Parish, Yorkshire, was the son of James Maitland and Margaret Wilson. Elizabeth Ellen, born at Shawforth, Lancashire, was the daughter of Benjamin and Mary Lees.
1901 Steeton with Eastburn, Yorkshire Census: Lyon House, 4, Lyon Road - Cameron Wilson, aged 9 years, born Kildwick, Yorkshire. [Cameron was living with his aunt, Margaret A. Wilson. At the time, his parents were at Douglas, Isle of Man with his mother's parents.]
1911 Steeton with Eastburn, Yorkshire Census: Lyon House, Eastburn - Cameron Wilson, aged 19 years, born Steeton with Eastburn, son of William Clough and Elizabeth Ellen Wilson.
Cameron, along with four friends from Eastburn and Junction, attested for service with the 3/4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders on the 22 November 1915 at Bradford - their names were: Cpl Thomas Teal (4656, 201708); A/Cpl Maurice Hargreaves (4657, 201709) (q.v.); Pte Eshton Hargreaves (4658, 201711); Pte Walter Shuttleworth (4655).
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Cameron Wilson, 4654, S/43056, Seaforth.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Cameron Wilson, 4654, S/43056, 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Cameron Wilson, 43056, 2/Seaforth Hdrs. Date and Place of Death: 11.4.17 in action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Father - William C. £14 14s. 0d.
Cameron is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
A short biography of Cameron is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
WILSON, Cameron, aged 25, Seaforth Highlanders, son of Mr. W.C. Wilson, Eastburn Mills, killed in action.
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Private Cameron WILSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 4th Division
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