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216150 Pte. William Stanley Wilde British Army 4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers from:Wrexham (d.7th Apr 1915) William Stanley Wilde, Private 6315, enlisted Wrexham and served in the 4th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He died of wounds age 24 on the 7th April 1915 and is remembered at Jarrow Library and is buried in Boulonge Eastern Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals also that he died of wounds. William was born in Wrexham 1891 and his sister was Mrs Lilian Watt of 40 Northbourne Road, Jarrow. His father Joseph then 37 was a gas stoker from Oldham. His mother Elizabeth L then 32 was from Oxford. In the 1911 census the remainder of the family was living at 33 Hightown Road, Wrexham with the eldest sister Elizabeth Louise(31) single, as head of family, housekeeper, Thomas Henry(22)single, a gas labourer, William Stanley(20) single, a labourer as is George Albert(18). Lilian Alice (13) and Frances May(10) are both attending school. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**