Army Number : 21568

Battalion : 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Bestwood, Nottinghamshire and lived at Nottingham. He enlisted at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, went to France 16th December 1915 and was killed in action 3rd March 1916.

Commemorated : Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium. Panel 39 and 41

Private William E. Wilson is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
St. Mary Magdalene Church War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
Titchfield Park War Memorial, Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.