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Second Lieutenant ROBERT GERALD ALDIN WILSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 March 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES

I. D. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Alexander and Ellen Julia Wilson, of 75, Kirkstall Rd., Streatham Hill, London.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO OF MY DEARLY LOVED SON "DOUGLAS" (MISSING) "THERE IS NO DEATH" MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 186
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