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Military service
Service number:
420240
Age:
25
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
16th Bn.
Birth:
February 12, 1892
Milton, Sterling, Scotland
Enlistment:
December 18, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Death:
August 16, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XVIII. H. 11.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Wilson.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Archibald Wilson
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Inscription
This is the inscription on the Aberfoyle War Memorial, Perthshire. The 1901 Scottish Census shows the Wilson family living at Aberfoyle. His father was also called Archibald and his mother Christina. Two brothers Gavin and John also served in the Canadian Army and are mentioned on the memorial as casualties. Archibald (Arch.) enlisted on 18/12/1914 at Winnipeg. He was a barber by trade. -
Memorial
This is a general view of the Aberfoyle War Memorial, Perthshire on which Archibald Wilson's name is commemorated. -
Photo of ARCHIBALD WILSON
The remains of the Great War soldier, discovered in September 2010, were identified in May 2018. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/05/22/a-century-after-they-died-remains-identified-of-three-canadian-soldiers-buried-in-france.html -
Photo of Archibald Wilson
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. He was discovered and exhumed at a later date and now rests in a marked grave.May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Grave marker
photo courtesy of Glenn Kerr -
Grave marker
The group of who were identified and buried together. Photo courtesy of Glenn Kerr -
Grave marker
The original graves before being identified. Photo courtesy of Glenn Kerr
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Archibald Wilson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 351 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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