Basic Details
Surname
Wilson
Forenames
A A
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Arthur Alexander
Served or died
Died
Notes
Entered College in Michaelmas Term, 1911. A member of the 1st Rugby Association XV, 1911 – 1914 (Captain, 1913 – 1914); Seniors’ Rugger Trial, 1913. A member of the University Contingent of the Officers’ Training Corps. President of the XIII Club, 1914. 3rd Theology and B.A., 1914. Commenced service on 2 June 1916. Second Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders), 1916; attached to the 2nd Battalion, 1917. Served in France from 1916. Killed in action on the 23/24 April 1917.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Heninel, Near Arras
Cemetery
Heninel-Croisilles Road
Year of death
1917
Month of death
April
Day of death
23
Age at death
25
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action