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Lance Bombardier ROBERT OWEN WILSON

Service Number: 322101
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

78 (The Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry) Medium Regt.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOLTON (HEATON) CEMETERY

Div. 3. Sec. W.1. R.C. Grave 93.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert Wilson and of Anne Wilson (nee Owen), of Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS STRANGE BUT TRUE WE WONDER WHY THE BEST ARE ALWAYS THE FIRST TO DIE
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