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Surname: WILSON
Forename(s): Hartley
Place of Birth: Barnoldswick, Yorkshire
Service No: PZ/3538
Rank: Ordinary Seaman
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Battalion / Unit: S.S. 'Gaboon'
Division: ---
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1917-08-08
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 95.
CWGC Cemetery: IKOYI NO.2 CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Hartley Wilson (born 6 March 1892) was the son of George and Nancy Jane Wilson, née Edmondson. George was born at Wennington, Lancashire and Nancy at Barnoldswick, Yorkshire.
1901 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 33, Essex Street - Hartley Wilson, aged 9 years, born Barnoldswick, son of George and Nancy J. Wilson.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 12, Gisburn Street - Hartley Wilson, aged 19 years, born Barnoldswick, son of George and Nancy Jane Wilson.
Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services: Ord. Smn Hartley Wilson, J51009, Vivid I: 17 March 1916 to 1 September 1916. President III: 2 September to 3 January 1917. Demobilised.
A short biography of Hartley 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, Hartley, aged 25 years, R.N., son of Mr, and Mrs. Geo. Wilson, 20, Gisburn Street, [Barnoldswick], and Lagos, West Africa, died from typhoid Aug. 8, 1917.
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Ordinary Seaman Hartley WILSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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