Basic Details
Surname
Wilson
Forenames
Hubert
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married, had worked briefly for the confectionery company Macintosh and enlisted in March 1916. He was killed on the eve of the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt which saw so many men from both Calderdale and his regiment lost and he is also commemorated on IWM 2689, 2600, 2695 and, possibly, 2725.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not Stated on Memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
2
Age at death
40
Manner of death as stated
Not Stated on the Memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action