Wilfred WILSON

28 July 1916

ANOTHER SKIPTON MAN KILLED

Sapper G.A. Wilson, of the 64th Field Company, Royal Engineers, and son of Mrs. Wilson of 4, Duckett Street, Skipton, has died of wounds. Rev. R. F. Wearmouth, Chaplain of the Forces, in a letter to Sapper Wilson’s wife, who resides at 24 Thomas Street, Nelson, states:– “I regret to inform you that your husband, Sapper G. A. Wilson, Royal Engineers, died of wounds on July 19th, and was buried in the little cemetery nearby. A cross bearing his name, regiment and date of death will be erected and a record kept. Your husband died for his country and that great sacrifice will not be in vain. It must one day produce the fruits of liberty and righteousness. I hope that God will be near you and give you grace to carry your cross. Your cross is indeed heavy, but His grace is sufficient. Please accept my deepest sympathy.”

Sapper Wilson was 35 years of age. He enlisted in June of last year, and had been in France about nine months. He was a mason by trade, and served his apprenticeship with the late Mr. James Horner, builder, of Skipton. In January last he was wounded in the left temple, and after treatment in hospital in France he recovered and returned to the firing line. Mrs. Wilson has two other sons serving in the Army – Rifleman Wilfred Wilson, who is attached to the 3rd 8th West Yorkshire Regiment, and Bandsman Ernest Wilson, of the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment.

11 May 1917

SKIPTON SOLDIERS WOUNDED

Mrs. Wilson, of 61, Brougham Street, Skipton, has received a field card stating that her husband, Pte. Ernest Wilson, of the Machine Gun Section of the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment, has been wounded and admitted to hospital at the base. Pte. Wilson, who is 24 years of age, enlisted about two years ago, and had been in France since February last. He was formerly employed as a loomer and twister by Mr. W. R. G. Farey, manufacturer, Skipton. He was a member of the Skipton Liberal Club, and attended the Otley Street Baptist Church, being a member of the choir. His brother, Sapper George Arthur Wilson, who was attached to the Royal Engineers, was killed in the big push in July last. He has also two other brothers serving, Pte. Wilfred Wilson, who is attached to the Leeds Rifles, and is at present in France, while Pte. Herbert Wilson, of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, goes out to France this week.

26 April 1918

WILSON – Died of wounds, April 3rd, Bandsman Wilfred Wilson, of Carleton, aged 34.

26 April 1918

CRAVEN AND THE WAR

Bandsman Wilfred Wilson Killed

News has been received that Bandsman Wilfred Wilson, of Carleton, died on April 3rd from gunshot wounds in the skull after a week’s illness in the 4th General Hospital at Camiens. Deceased, who was 34 years of age and married, was a stonemason by trade, and had resided for some years in Skipton. He was on leave so recently as Easter, and was sent into the line immediately on his return to France, being his first time in action.