Thomas Sandilands Wilson
Rank: Private
Service No: S/7266
Place of Birth: Rutherglen
Date of Death: 16/7/1916
Theatre of Death: F&F
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Black Watch (8th Bn)
Cemetery: Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension
Additional information: Son of Henry and Barbara Sandilands Wilson of Rutherglen.
Rutherglen Lore information: Son of Henry Wilson, Sheriff Park Terrace, Rutherglen.
Soldier’s Effects information: Father Henry Wilson.
1901 census information:
Address: 7 Cathcart Street, Rutherglen.
Father: Henry (42) grocer, born about 1859 in Glasgow.
Mother: Barbara (43) born about 1858 in Rutherglen.
Brother: Henry (17) grocer’s shopkeeper, born about 1884 in Rutherglen.
Brother: James (15) grocer’s shopkeeper, born about 1886 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Margaret (9) born about 1892 in Rutherglen.
Sister: Jane (7) born about 1894 in Rutherglen.
Self: Thomas (6) born about 1895 in Glasgow.
Newspaper transcript – Official information has been received by Mr Henry Wilson, grocer, Rutherglen, of the death of his youngest son, Private Thomas S. Wilson, of the Black Watch, who was killed in France. He was 21 years of age.