Swinton – Section C – 40 – Dickson/Wilson/McGilliveray/Anderson

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Sacred to the memory of  JESSIE DICKSON wife of ROBERT WILSON  who died at Laws Cottage 20th March 1862 aged 44 years.

The above ROBERT WILSON who died at Edinburgh 6th April 1897 aged 76 years.Also BETSY their daughter beloved wife of ALEXANDER ANDERSON Estate Agent Dolforgan, Kerry Montgomeryshire who died there on the15th Feb1907 aged 46 years.

Also WILLIAM son of the above ROBERT WILSON  who died at Swinton 12th Dec 1929 aged 75 years.

Also ANNIE McGILLVERARY  wife of the above WILLIAM WILSON who died at Chelmsford Essex 8th April 1939 aged 76 years.

Also JOHN son of the above WILLIAM WILSON and ANNIE McGILLIVERAY killed in action London Scottish 24th June 1915 aged 25 years

Military record

Corporal John Wilson, 8 Platoon, "B"Coy.. 14th Battalion, London Regiment ( London Scottish ). He was killed in action in France on 13th June 1915, aged 25.He was the son of William and Annie Wilson of Laws Cottage, Duns and is buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension, Cambrin, France. At that time the Battalion were in trenches in front of Cambrin with their right on the Vermelles Road and he was killed when a bomb he was throwing burst in his hand. He was a native of Swinton and was educated at the Berwickshire High School before joining the Royal Bank of Scotland in Duns. He later moved to a branch in London where he joined the London Scottish, a fashionable Territorial Unit. The Battalion was sent to France in September 1914 and was one of the first Territorial Units to see action.