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Lance Corporal Eric James Wilson

14213878 5th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment

Son of Mr George Arthur & Mrs Doris Gwendoline Wilson

Aged 20 years

Died 8th November 1944

Commemorated at Santerno Valley War Cemetery, Italy
Grave I. M.16.
Evening Telegraph, 24th November 1944, extracted by Pete Inns, transcribed by Kay Collins

Eric WilsonRushden Soldier Killed

Two days before his 21st birthday, L/Cpl. Eric James Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Wilson, of 127, Irchester-road, Rushden, was killed while serving in Italy.

After attending Rushden Intermediate School, L/Cpl. Wilson worked for Messrs. Putnam and Sons, grocers. Joining the Army in July, 1942, he served in the Northamptonshire Regiment and was sent abroad in July 1943. He is engaged to Miss Betty Pack, of 20, North-end, Higham Ferrers.

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