Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Richard Bloomfield Wilson
In memory of:
Private Richard Bloomfield Wilson
March 19, 1917
Toronto General Hospital, Ontario
Military Service
805607
44
Army
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
136th Bn.
Additional Information
April 4, 1872
County of Malton, Ontario
March 21, 1916
Port Hope, Ontario
Son of Thomas and Jane Wilson, of Hornby, Ontario. Husband of Mary Ann Wilson, of Port Hope, Ontario. Private Wilson was beyond military age and therefore his spirit was all the more commendable for undertaking a duty which he did not necessarily fall upon him.
Commemorated on Page 351 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
PORT HOPE WELCOME UNITED CHURCH CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada
Lot 153.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Details
Photo of Richard Wilson – Book of Remembrance (A record of the men of Port Hope who participated in the Great War of 1914-1918)" by James A. Elliott, Chairman of Committee, Port Hope, Jan 1, 1919 (Transcribed by Peter Bolton 2001)
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