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Ambrose Norris Wilson M.M. |
Ambrose Norris Wilson M.M.
CWGC:
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Field Artillery, ‘D’ Battery, 246th Brigade
No: 755958
Award: Military Medal
Date of Death: 11th October 1918
Age: 30
Buried: St. Aubert British Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of Edward J. and Annie Wilson, 38 Aberfeldy Street, Dennistoun
SNWM:
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Royal Horse & Royal Field Artillery (Territorial)
No: 755958
Place of Birth: Perth
Date of Death: 11th October 1918
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
SDGW:
Rank: Gunner
Regiment: Roya Horse & Royal Field Artillery (Territorial)
No: 755958
Place of Birth: Perth
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 11th October 1918
MIC:
Ambrose N. Wilson, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, Nos. 2123 & 755958
Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals
De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour (Volume 5):
Wilson, Ambrose Norris, M.M., Gunner, No. 755958, Royal Field Artillery, elder son of Edward James Wilson, 19 Officers’ Quarters, H.M. Barlinne Prisn, Barlinnie, Glasgow by his wife Annie, daughter of Edward A. Conner, of Ralia, Newtonmore, North Britain; born Perth, 27th April 1888, educated Whitehill Higher Grade School and Srolls College, Glasgow; was Assistant Inspector of the Poor, Glasgow Parish Council; enlisted in Royal Field Artillery 29th February 1916; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 17th July 1916 and was killed in action at Naves, near Cambrai, 11th October 1918. Buried where he fell. His Commanding Officer wrote: “As a brother Scotstman, and of the same name, and being in a Yorkshire battery, we became very intimate friends. I got him his job as a Battery Clerk, a duty which he performed admirably. He was a very brave soldier, as his M.M. testifies; a true comrade, loved by all of us and was one whose presence was likened to the ray of sunshine after the storm. I earnestly hope that there may be a little comfort to you in knowing that your dear son was a noble gentleman. Brave as a lion and tender as a lamb, he died as bravely as he had faced the foe.” He was awarded the M.M., for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty; “While under shell fire and enemy observation, removing a member of the R.A.F., who had been wounded and partly buried by a shell, to a place of safety.” Unmarried.
Soldiers’ Effects:
Ambrose Moris Wison, Gunner, ‘D’ Battery, 246th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, No. 755958.
Killed in action in France, 11th October 1918
Grantees, Parents Edward & Annie
London Gazette, 18th October 1918, Supplememt 30962, Page 12419
His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military medal for bravery in the Field to the undermentioned Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men:
755958, Gunner A. N. Wilson, Royal Field Artillery (Glasgow)
Glasgow Herald, 25th October 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’
Killed in action on 11th inst., Gunner Ambrose Wilson, Royal Field Artillery, beloved elder son of James and Annie Wilson, 19 Officers’ Quarters, Barlinnie, Glasgow.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Ambrose Norris Wilson, Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 19 Officer’s Quarters, Barlinnie.
Listed on St. Kentigern’s Episcopal Church Memorial (Armadale Street, Dennistoun): Ambrose Norris Wilson
Listed on Glasgow Parish Hall Memorial (266 George Street, Glasgow): Ambrose Noris Wilson
1901 Census, Loving at 4 Officer’s Quarters, Barlinne Prison, Glasgow
Father Edward J. Wilson, age 47, Prison Warder, born England
Mother Annie Wilson, age 44, born Kingussie, Inverness-shire
Children: Ambrose Wilson, age 12, Scholar, born Perth
James Wilson, age 10, Scholar, born Perth