Lance Corporal Charles Frederick Wilson

Army Number : 50618

Battalion : 16th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Irby, Lincolnshire and lived at Somerby, Lincolnshire. Son of Charles and Annie Elizabeth Wilson, of The Beeches, Burnham, Barton-On-Humber, North Lincolnshire. He was a farm waggoner prior to enlisting at Caistor, Lincolnshire. He was killed in action, 6th February 1917, aged 23, whilst serving in the trenches near Railway Wood, Ypres, Belgium.

Buried/Commemorated : Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium. Plot 5. Row H. Grave 2.

Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Lance Corporal Charles Frederick Wilson is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Margaret’s Church Brass Lectern War Memorial, Somerby, North Lincolnshire.