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Surname: WILSON
Forename(s): Fred Henry
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: 20963
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Coldstream Guards
Battalion / Unit: 3rd Battalion
Division: 31st Division
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1918-04-13
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 1.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Fred Harry Wilson was the son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Wilson, née Buckingham. Thomas was born at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire and Sarah Ann at Chittlehampton, Devon.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 10, Commercial Street - Fred H. Wilson, aged 7 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Wilson.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 2, Commercial Street - Fred Harry Wilson, aged 17 years, born Barnoldswick, son of Thomas and Sarah Ann Wilson.
Fred was married to Mary Jump in 1915.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Fred H. Wilson, 20963, C. Gds.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Fred Henry Wilson, 20963, C. Gds.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Fred Henry Wilson, 20963, 3 Bn Coldstreams. Date and Place of Death: 13.4.18 France. Presumed. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Mary. £14 6s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Fred.
A short biography of Fred is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
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, Fred Harry, aged 25 years, Coldstream Guards, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wilson, Commercial Street, [Barnoldswick], reported missing April 13, 1919 [sic], now presumed dead.
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Private Fred Henry WILSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Coldstream Guards

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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