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Pte. David Smart Wilson
British Army E Coy. 2nd Btn. Scots Guards
from:Falkirk, Stirlingshire
(d.16th May 1915)
An iron moulder born on 9th of May 1880 to Scottish parents in Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, David Wilson moved with his family to Tameside, Manchester shortly after his birth, before returning to the family's native Falkirk.
He enlisted at Abbot's Foundry, Falkirk, on 31st of August 1914, initially to the 3rd Res Btn, Scots Guard joining them at Caterham two days later and completing his training there.
On 25th of March 1915 he was transferred to the 2nd Battalion and on the same day he deployed to France.
On 16th of May 1915 he was killed in action at the Battle of Festubert and is remembered with honour at the Le Touret Memorial.