256458 Gnr. James William Wilson British Army 31st Anti Aircraft Coy. Royal Garrison Artillery from:86 Dacre Street, Birkenhead My Grandfather, Bill Wilson served in WW1, he was born on the 3rd of October 1895 in Birkenhead, Cheshire. His father was William Wilson (1867-1949) and his Mother Mary Hall (1867-1912). His siblings are
Louisa Elizabeth Wilson (1890-?), Mary Ann Wilson (1893-1923) andJohn Wilson (1899-1956).He had others but they died in infancy.
I believe I have found him on the 1918 Absent Voters List. He's living at 86 Dacre Street, Birkenhead, his regimental details were Gunner 31st Anti Aircraft Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery.
He married Margaret Love Watson in 1917 in Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire. I think they had at least 3 kids.
He then married Margaret Mary Garrett, (my Nan), and they had four kids together.
He died in November 1957 in Birkenhead, Cheshire at the age of 62,
when my Mum was just 11. I would love to find out more about him and a service photograph of him. Especially for my mum's sake. She's never seen what he looked like when he was young, he was 51 when she was born.
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