Wilson George RSM 4442176 - Revision history

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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Wilson George
|Army number=4442176
|Rank=RSM
|Age=0
|Home address=.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

RSM Wilson was finally traced using the "missing men" exercise conducted by the War Office in 1942. This identified his Regimental Number and allowed his Enlistment Book entry to be followed up.

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 |Rank=WO I.
 |Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.
 |Date of birth=Born Gateshead in 1903.
 |Age=Not yet known.
 |Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry.  Attested 18/9/1922 aged 19 as a Regular Soldier for 7 and 5 at Newcastle upon Tyne.  No knowledge of Battalion postings.  Probably recalled to the Colours from Reserve Service in September 1939.  Posted 10th Battalion DLI.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?  Granted A Release 31/7/1947.

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 |Rank=WO I.
 |Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.
-|Date of birth=Born Gateshead.
+|Date of birth=Born Gateshead in 1903.
 |Age=Not yet known.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry.  Attested 18/9/1922 aged 19 as a Regular Soldier for 7 and 5 at Newcastle upon Tyne.  Probably recalled to the Colours from Reserve Service in September 1939.  Posted 10th Battalion DLI.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?  Granted A Release 31/7/1947.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry.  Attested 18/9/1922 aged 19 as a Regular Soldier for 7 and 5 at Newcastle upon Tyne.  No knowledge of Battalion postings.  Probably recalled to the Colours from Reserve Service in September 1939.  Posted 10th Battalion DLI.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Iceland?  Served Normandy?  Granted A Release 31/7/1947.
 |Company/Battery=Battalion HQ.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=HQ Company.
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 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not definitively identified.
-|Home address=
+|Home address=Father - Robert Wilson, 35, Leopold Street, Gateshead stood as his Next of Kin on Attestation.
 }}
-RSM Wilson was finally traced using the "missing men" exercise conducted by the War Office in 1942.  This identified his Regimental Number and allowed his Enlistment Book entry to be followed up.
+RSM Wilson was finally traced using the "missing men" exercise conducted by the War Office in 1942.  This identified his Regimental Number and allowed his Enlistment Book entry to be followed up.  However, the common nature of the name in his native Gateshead made it difficult to pick out his particular items of family information.

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-{{Personnel
+{{personnel
 |Surname and forenames=Wilson George
-|Army number=4442176
+|Army number=4442176.
-|Rank=RSM
+|Rank=WO I.
-|Age=0
+|Decorations=None yet known beyond service medals.
-|Home address=.
+|Date of birth=Born Gateshead.
-|Source table=10DLI
+|Age=Not yet known.
 }}
 RSM Wilson was finally traced using the "missing men" exercise conducted by the War Office in 1942.  This identified his Regimental Number and allowed his Enlistment Book entry to be followed up.