Basic Details
Surname
Wilson
Forenames
R E
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Ronald Edward
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the details. He had joined the school in 1896 and left to read Mechanical Sciences at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he was also a rower. An Assistant Engineer with the Bombay Port Authority, he enlisted in September 1914 and was commissioned the following December.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
East Africa
Country of burial
Kenya
Town of burial
Taveta
Cemetery
Military Cemetery
Year of death
1916
Month of death
March
Day of death
13
Manner of death as stated
UNKNOWN
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action