| Name: | James Wilson | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Place: | Cumnock, Ayrshire | ||
| Residence: | Old Cumnock, Ayrshire | ||
| Death Date: | 3 May 1917 | ||
| Death Place: | France and Flanders | ||
| Enlistment Place: | Ayr | ||
| Rank: | Private | ||
| Regiment: | Royal Scots Fusiliers | ||
| Battalion: | 1st Battalion | ||
| Regimental Number: | 41059 | ||
| Type of Casualty: | Died | ||
| Theatre of War: | Western European Theatre |
His service record survives. He was 20 when he enlisted and a millwright engineer of Auchengilsie, Old Cumnock. He was unmarried and his mother Maggie was his next-of-kin.
Cumnock Connections tree
CWGC tells us he on the Arras War memorial
On Cumnock Memorial he is recorded as Trooper James S Wilson of Ayrshire Yeomanry.
Here's the family gravestone in Cumnock New Cemetery
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