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Rank & Name
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Rifleman Joe Wilson
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Unit
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No. 268027, 2nd Bn., West Yorkshire Regiment
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How & When Died
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Killed in Action, 29 May 1918
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Age, if known
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20 years
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Next of Kin details
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Son of John Edward and Charlotte Wilson, of Main Street, Barwick in Elmet, Leeds.
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Commemoration Details
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No known grave, therefore, commemorated on the Soissons Memorial to the Missing, Aisne, France.
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Other Information / Remarks
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Joe Wilson was reported missing in the Yorkshire Evening Post on Tuesday 23 July 1918.
His parents are buried together in the Churchyard of All Saints in Barwick in Elmet. He had an older sister called Freda
and a younger brother called Dennis.
Joe Wilson, the son of a coal hewer, was born in Aberford.
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Photographs
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Remembering the Fallen of Two Villages on the Eastern Fringes of Leeds.
Site built by Nigel Marshall
Copyright 2006-7
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