Private 43518 Joseph Wilson

Family details:
Son of Mary Alice Wilson, of 7, Green Lane, Orrell, Wigan, and the late Edmund Wilson. Mother Mary A. is legatee.

Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Joseph is living at 7 Green Lane, Billinge Higher End with parents Edmund (37), Mary A (34) and four siblings: Mary (13), John W (9), Abraham (6), James (2). 1911 - Sees 15 years old 'Colliery Labourer (below Ground)' Joseph living at 7 Green Lane, Billinge Higher End with widowed mother Mary Alice (44) and three siblings: Walter (21), John William (19), Abraham (16).

Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url]

Joseph was born on the 14th of January 1896 the son of Edmund and Mary Alice Wilson of Billinge Higher End, and was baptised on the 16th of March 1896 at Bispham Methodist Church. He had one sister and four brothers. The family moved to 7 Green Lane, Orrell, and Joseph worked as a coal miner before enlisted at Upholland to join the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Joseph was killed in action on Tuesday the 8th of October 1918 in France/Flanders. He was 22 years of age and is buried in the Ramicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France, grave A.30. His name is recorded on St. Aidan's C.E. Church, St. Luke's C.E. Church, Orrell and Bispham Methodist Church Memorials. His name is also on the family grave headstone in St. Thomas' C.E. Churchyard, Upholland. Sources:- St. Helens Local History Library, Soldiers killed in the Great War; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Bispham Methodist Church Registers. [url=http://sthelens-connect.net/sitefiles/billinge-history.pdf]Information Courtesy of The Billinge History Society[/url] [pic]imgs/WW1_headstones/43518_Joseph_Wilson.jpg[/pic]