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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 4 Dec 2015 13:03

Joseph Thomas Wilson b Hackney, 1884

Joseph Thomas Wilson
Registration Year: 1884
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 522

Late Baptism
Joseph Thomas Wilson
Baptism
25 Apr 1886
Thomas Wilson
Emma Wilson
Clapton Park All Saints
Hackney
Parish Registers

1901
Joseph T Wilson
19 abt 1882
Son
Male
Thomas W Wilson
Emma L Wilson
Hackney, London, England
Hackney
St James the Greater
London
England
Hackney
North Hackney

Then the purpose of the post
Name Joseph Thomas Wilson
Age in 1911 27
Estimated Birth Year abt 1884
Birth Place Hackney, Middlesex, England
County/Island Military
Country England
Occupation 1st Ox(ford) & Bucks(Buckinghamshire) Light Infantry
Military Unit 1st Inf Sucks Lt Infty
Registration District Number 641
ED, institution, or vessel India
Piece 34987

Is it possible to find Military Records, and/or what happened to him after 1911 please?

Going out - back later today. Thank you

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MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 4 Dec 2015 19:53

He died, sadly:

Joseph Thomas Wilson in the UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919
Name: Joseph Thomas Wilson
Birth Place: Hackney, Middx.
Residence: Homerton, Middx.
Death Date: 19 Sep 1914
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Stratford, Essex
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Battalion: 2nd Battalion
Regimental Number: 8393
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Joseph Thomas Wilson in the UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929
Name: Joseph Thomas Wilson
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Hackney
Death Date: 19 Sep 1914
Rank: Private
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Regimental Number: 8393

Pay due of £3 12s 9d plus war gratuity of £5 to father Thomas William.

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 4 Dec 2015 19:56

His CWGC entry:

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/578644/WILSON,%20J%20T

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 4 Dec 2015 20:00

Medal Index Card is on Ancestry:

John T Wilson in the British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920
Name: John T Wilson
Regiment or Corps: 2nd Battalion Ox & Bucks LI
Regimental Number: 8393

He was awarded the 1914 Star (with clasp), the Victory and British War medals. He entered France 14 August 1914.

Doesn't look like his service records survived.

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 4 Dec 2015 20:27

Thank you MC - that's really helpful :-)

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