Canadian War Dead

[Bastonjock]

Hi Guys

I have found to my surprise a Scot who lived in my village in Lincolnshire and fought for the Canadians in WW1,the soldier was a chap called Corporal C Wilson MM ,there was a number 427362 and his regiment was the 3rd Canadian light trench mortar unit.

How can i find out more about this chap?

On a completely different subject,there was a famiily history event in my Village of Baston in lincs,i took a quick look at the church records and they are fantastic, they date back to 1567 and i am assured are complete,what a joy for anyone researching Baston

[BarbR]

Hi,

If you go to this site and put in the regimental number in the search box you will get an image of his actual attestation paper.

http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/data ... dex-e.html

Hope this helps you a little.

Barb

[Alan SHARP]

Bastonjock, Greetings from New Zealand

I have tried on forwarding your ST request to a member of the CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE STUDY GROUP who lives in NZ. The last email I sent him has gone unanswered, but I believe he was going on an extended holiday to his roots.

I lot of research is being undertaken about the Canadian's and WWI, so some one will come to your aid. Professor Ben ISITT, is in the process of publishing a comprehensive photographic works, on the C.E.F.

Alan SHARP.

[Currie]

Hello Bastonjock,

The Attestation Paper has: Charles Wilson b.26 September, 1892, Baston, Lincolnshire. NOK is his mother, Sarah Jane Wilson.

According to Commonwealth War Graves he was killed 28 September, 1918, and was the brother of Ellen Wilson, of Baston. http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_det ... ty=2943642

He has a Veterans Affairs Canada page as well http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub. ... ty=2943642

They’re discussing his photograph here. You may have to register to see it? http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forum ... pic=148394

His Military Medal award in the London Gazette of 19 November, 1917, on this page, near bottom of left column http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/ ... ents/11979

This would be his birth registration from FreeBMD.
Births Dec 1892
Wilson Charles, Bourn, 7a359

These are all the Wilson’s in the Parish of Baston in 1901 according to http://www.1901censusonline.com/search. ... ith_locale

Name Age Where born Administrative county Civil parish Occupation
Florence Wilson 1 Lincoln Baston Lincolnshire Baston
Harry Wilson 4 Lincoln Baston Lincolnshire Baston
Ellen Wilson 6 Lincoln Baston Lincolnshire Baston
Charles Wilson 8 Lincoln Baston Lincolnshire Baston
Sarah E Wilson 12 Lincoln Baston Lincolnshire Baston
John W Wilson 15 Lincoln Baston Lincolnshire Baston Farm Servant
Sarah J Wilson 37 Lincoln Baston Lincolnshire Baston
John T Wilson 38 Lincoln Langtoft Lincolnshire Baston Agricultural Laborer

There’s his sister Ellen and mother Sarah Jane, and not one of them was born in Scotland.

Perhaps his only Scottish connection was that of the Canadian regiment in which he served.

Hope that’s useful,
Alan

[Bastonjock]

WOW guys thats great and a big thank you for the info.

The reasons behind this research is that i live in a small village called Baston,the village has been around for a couple of thousand years,on Sunday i went to the local church that was having a Familly history day.I was aproached by one guy and asked if i could identify why a chap was wearing a kilt,one thing left to another and ive been doing some digging,in fact if i can im going to do research all of the Villages war dead.There is a small plaque in the Church as a war memorial and i feel quite strongly about a better recognition for these guys.

One strange coincidental thing that i uncovered was that there was some confusion over this C.Wilson and when i got to the bottom of it,it appears that in a small town a few miles away there was another C Wilson who was in the trench mortar unit and he was awarded the MM as well

So in a nutshell,Two young men who lived a few miles apart,Had the same name,won the MM,were in a similar unit and were killed in WW1

[Adam Brown]

BJ

I think this C.Wilson served in a Canadian Scottish unit during the First World War and that is as near to being Scots as he was. He enlisted in Saskatchewan so it may be a Scot-CEF unit from there? He's not a Seaforth of Canada as has been suggested on the other forum.

It may be possible to work out from the patches on his uper arms which division and brigade he was in to narrow down his unit.

Thanks

Adam