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1121 C.S.M. Charles Wilson British Army 2nd Btn. Kings Own Scottish Borderers (d.Aug 1914) My great uncle Charles Wilson, a C.S.M. in the 2nd K.O.S.B.was killed at Mons in the opening shots of W.W.1 in August 1914. His brother Bill was killed on on the 25th April 1915 on Lancashire Landing beach at Gallipoli. My great grandparents had previously lost a son in the Boer War in the 1st K.O.S.B. As they were an Army family they took the loss of 3 sons with stoicism. James Wilson Add to this record.    Additional Information: I am so sorry to learn of the tragic loss of so many of your family, and I you don't mind me sharing this with you in memory of those no longer with us. My grandfather was Alexander Kirk Wilson and I think he served alongside your relative. He was taken prisoner very early on, again I believe at the Battle where your relative was killed. He was taken as a prisoner of war by the Germans and he told my mother many years later that he almost escaped when the Germans confused his identity with that of a dead officer. My grandfather was a piper and I believe they had assumed from this, and possibly his uniform, that he was the Officer Wilson. There was a roll call and the list of prisoners for release/exchange was read out. He asked his commanding officer what he should do and it was decided by him that my grandfather should go and escape. However, an Englishman advised the Germans that my grandfather was not an officer and that he was not eligible for release. Sadly. my grandfather then spent the rest of the war in a Hellish prison camp and had to be sent to Holland for some time after the end of the War as he was close to death and needed to be rehabilitated. His most treasured possession during his time as a prisoner was his Bible which he passed on to my mother. I cant help thinking it is quite a co-incidence that their names appear next to each other in a roll call 101 years later. Annette Allison. annette allison Reply Related Content: 2nd Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did your relative live through the Great War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? If so please let us know. Do you know the location of a Great War "Roll of Honour?" We are very keen to track down these often forgotten documents and obtain photographs and transcriptions of the names recorded so that they will be available for all to remember. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Great War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages. The free section of The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources and we currently have a huge backlog of submissions. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Hosted by: The Wartime Memories Project Website is archived for preservation by the British Library Copyright MCMXCIX - MMXXIV - All Rights Reserved - We do not permit the use of any content from this website for the training of LLMs or for use in Generative AI, it also may not be scraped for the purpose of creating other websites.