Wilson, Jack (Sergeant, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry) (c.1894-1916)
Person
Dates
- Existence: c.1894 - 1916
Biography
Before the war, Jack Wilson worked in the linen trade. Serving as a Quartermaster sergeant in the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, Wilson was wounded at Gallipoli. He was sent home to Dunfermline, where he died of his wounds in 1916, at the age of 22.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Photograph albums of Harry Fairlie Hodge, and postcards of Jack Wilson, both on active service during the First World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14559/1-3
Dates:
1914-1918.
Six postcards of and relating to Jack Wilson, on active service during the First World War., 1914-1916
Item
Identifier: Acc.14559/3
Scope and Contents
A uniformed Jack Wilson features in most of the six photographic postcards, and in one can be seen mounted on a horse. In another, he is part of a group of men and women wearing uniforms and holding what appear to be hockey sticks.
Dates:
1914-1916
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- Type
- Archival Object 1
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- Subject
- First World War (1914-1918). 1
- Postcards. 1