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Fusilier MATTHEW WILSON

Service Number: 3134438
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY

Sec. H. Nonconformist. Grave 315.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Matthew Craig Wilson and Annie Wilson; husband of Gladys Wilson, of Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription DADDY, WHEN THE DAWN COMES FOR MUMMY AND I, WE'LL THEN BE TOGETHER FOR AYE AND AYE
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Buried or commemorated at

BLACKBURN CEMETERY
Lancashire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 268
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