Name
Arthur Wilson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/07/1916
23
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
'A' Coy., 7th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 5D.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
Watford Grammar School Memorial, Watford,
Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance,
St Paul’s Church Memorial, Bushey
Pre War
Son of John and Emma (nee ASHBY) WILSON of Watford.
His parents married 1887 in the Eton, Bucks, district. John died 1954 in the Watford district aged 90.
Arthur was born 13 October 1892 in Watford, and attended Watford Grammar School from January 1899 to June 1909. He resided in Watford.
On the 1901 Census, aged 8 he lived in Bushey, Herts, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1911 Census, a stock exchange clerk aged 18, he still lived in Bushey, with his parents and four siblings.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in London; Private, 7th East Kent Regiment, and was entitled to the Victory, British War and 1914-15 Star medals, his qualifying date being 28 July 1915, and was killed in action at Montauban near Albert.
Additional Information
The published Watford Grammar School Book of Remembrance entry reads:
“WILSON, ARTHUR. School period: January, 1899, to June, 1909. Private, 7th East Kent Regiment. One year, ten months. Killed at Montauban, near Albert, 1st July, 1916.”
Unfortunately, Arthur’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
There is an article about and a Death announcement for Arthur in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 15 July 1916.
Arthur is possibly the A WILSON commemorated in Bushey and Oxhey
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
