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Surname: WILSON
Forename(s): Ian Maclean
Place of Birth: Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Service No: ---
Rank: Lieutenant
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 6th (Service) Battalion
Division: 11th (Northern) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1915-08-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 55 to 58.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: HELLES MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ian Maclean Wilson (born 25 May 1895 and named as John Maclean Wilson on his birth certificate) was the son of Hector Maclean and Sarah O'Connell Wilson, née Wilson. Ian's father was born at Forgandenny, Perthshire and his mother at Christchurch, New Zealand.
1901 Wakefield, Yorkshire Census: Snail's House, Blenheim Road - Ian M. Wilson, aged 5 years, born Shrewsbury, Salop, son of Hector M. and Sarah O'C. Wilson.
1911 Holt, Norfolk Census: Bengal Lodge, Cromer Road - Ian Maclean Wilson, aged 15 years, boarder, born Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
Ian attended Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk and is commemorated on the Roll of Honour there.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Lt. Ian McLean Wilson, York. Regt. Theatre of War first served in Gallipoli. Date of entry therein: ( - ). K. in A. 7.8.15. Correspondence: H. MacL. Wilson Esq. MD. BSc. (father) West Riding of Yorkshire Rivers Board, Wakefield.
A short biography of Ian is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Photograph courtesy of Evelyn Wright.
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Lieutenant Ian Maclean WILSON

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 11th (Northern) Division
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