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WILSON, ALEXANDRE. 8397. Private, Royal Army Medical Corps. 9th Field Amb. Died of wounds: France. 17/10/1917. Age 32. Son of James Wilson, of Edinburgh, Husband of Elizabeth Wilson, of 47, Maison Dieu Rd, Dover. Kent. Born: Edinburgh. Enlisted: Gosport. Cemetery: Wimereux Communal Cemetery. Ref: VI. D. 27.
The 9th Field Ambulance were with the Guards at Passchendaele from
the 12th October 1917, so I think Alexandre was wounded their and then taken back to Wimereux (hospital) in France where he died of his wounds. Also buried in the same Cemetery is Lt Col John McCrae, who wrote the poem “ In Flanders Fields “  To the right is Alexandre Wilsons British War Medal.

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