Second Lieutenant Alex. S. Wilson

Regiment: Royal Dublin Fusiliers
Panel reference: Bay 9.
Date published: 01/06/1917
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 20/04/1917
Age at death: 20
Cemetery: Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Information: Second Lieutenant Alex. S. Wilson, Royal Dublin Fusiliers, who is reported killed in action on the 20th inst., was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Wilson, 62 Frankfort Avenue, Rathgar, Dublin. He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Dublin, and was an active member of its Training Corps. In September, 1915, he joined the Black Watch Regiment, and from there was gazetted to the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, and was sent to the front in October, 1916.