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Robert Willson

Private

Service No. 18/909

Age 26

Died on 1 July 1916

Durham Light Infantry

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of the late George and Lily Willson, of Haswell House, West Hartlepool, Co. Durham.

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Robert Wilson

To my great uncle Robert, my grandmothers older brother, who gave the ulitimate sacrifice at the Somme, you will never be forgotten.

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Remembered via Poppy Shop Somme Poppy Pin Supporter

We will remember them.

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Just before my grandmother passed away aged 98 in 1999, she gave me a necklace that my great uncle Robert gave to her prior to leaving for F...

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