Name
Alec Wilson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
26/04/1916
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
McG/188
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
VI. D. 20.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Bushey Town Memorial, St James’ Church Memorial, Bushey, Bushey Baptist Church Memorial, Bushey(*1), St Matthew’s Church Memorial, Oxhey, Wesleyan Methodist (now Bushey & Oxhey) Church ROH, Oxhey
Pre War
Alec Wilson, born in Worton, Wiltshire in about 1895, was the son of Joseph and Helen Wilson of 142 Villiers Road, Oxhey.
His father was a licensed victualler and his parents had three children, the eldest of whom died during childhood. By the time of the 1911 census, the family had moved to 216 High Street, Watford. Alec, who was sixteen, was employed as a law clerk and his sister, Jessie, was still at school.
Wartime Service
Alec served as Private McG/188 with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (Eastern Ontario Regiment).
He died on 26 April 1916 and was buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belgium, grave VI.D.20. He is commemorated on the Bushey Memorial, at St James’ Parish Church and at Bushey & Oxhey Methodist Church, near his childhood home.
Additional Information
Also see ‘Additional Information’ provided with kind permission of Bushey First World War Commemoration Project – Please visit www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk.
*1 There are two A Wilsons with connections to Bushey and Oxhey – Arthur and Alec, however they appear on the following memorials as just ‘A Wilson’: Bushey Town Memorial, St James’ Church Memorial, Bushey, St Paul’s Church Memorial, Bushey, Bushey Baptist Church Memorial, Bushey, St Matthew’s Church Memorial, Oxhey and Wesleyan Methodist (now Bushey & Oxhey) Church ROH, Oxhey. Clearly because of the proximity of the two locations and the lack of a clearly identifying first name there is scope for confusion. The memorial attribution in the biographies is from the research undertaken for the Bushey World War One Project, who undertook considerable research for these men. The memorials highlighted with the ‘Asterix’ have been allocated by us and could be for either man. This note is intended to highlight the possibility of error and how easily it could be made.
Acknowledgments
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
