Name
George James Wilson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
19/04/1919
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Acting Serjeant
Army Service Corps
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Plot III, Row J, Grave 17.
Iraq
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
St Mary's Parish Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Son of Frederick William and Alice (nee DUMBLETON) WILSON.
His parents married 8 November 1883 at Christ Church, Chelsea, London. Alice died 25 February 1929 in Watford aged 68, and was buried 1 March in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford; Frederick died 8 June 1934 in Watford aged 76, and was buried 6 June, also in Vicarage Road Cemetery.
George was born 2 August 1891 in Watford, and baptised 2 September 1891 at St Mary’s, Watford.
He has an entry in the National Probate Calendar.
On the 1901 Census, aged 9 he lived in Watford, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1911 Census, a motor driver aged 19, he was a boarder in Dunstable, Beds.
Wartime Service
He enlisted 27 March 1915 for the Duration of the War (Short Service) and joined the R.A.S.C. at Grove Park: a motor driver aged 23, 6’1½” tall, next-of-kin his father of Watford.
He served at Home 27 March 1915 to 26 November 1917, during which time he
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
