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,
Wesleyan (Bushey & Oxhey Methodist) Church Memorial, 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.
Acknowledgments
Dianne Payne - www.busheyworldwarone.org.uk, Jonty Wild
