Francis Edward (Frank) Wilson
Memorial: Chipping Sodbury Town Cross - Broad Street
Regiment: Royal Air Force
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Air Mechanic 2nd Class 237878
Parents: Arthur and Sarah Jane Wilson
Home address: The Hamlet, Strensham, Worcestershire
Date of birth: 1899
Place of birth: Chipping Sodbury, Bristol
Date of death: 21/09/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Dundee Eastern Necropolis, Dundee, Scotland
Age: 19
Further information:
Seaplane Station (Dundee), Royal Air Force.
Frank switched from one branch of the Services to another, aerial reconnaissance, flying the seaplanes. With these new skills he joined the new seaplane base at Stannergate east of Dundee from mid August 1918. This turned out to be just for the last month of his young life, before he was apparently lost in action over the North Sea. His burial was then in Dundee’s Eastern Necropolis. He is also commemorated on his parents’ grave.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Alison Benton (2014) Remembered with Honour. Sprint Print, Yate and Forces War Records