2nd Corporal Eli Thomas Wilson
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1883
Date of Death
21 Apr 1917
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Second Cpl Eli Thomas Wilson, 522361, 486th Field Company Royal Engineers, was killed in action in Egypt on April 21st, 1917. He was aged 33 and had been in Egypt for nearly two years.
A letter to his widow, Rose Gertrude Wilson, at 14 Maple Road, Luton, said her husband was at work with a small party when a shell dropped among them, killing Cpl Wilson instantly. He was buried by the Brigade Chaplain, the Rev C. F. Johnson, in the evening.
Sheffield-born Eli Wilson joined up early in the war, prior to which he worked for Luton Corporation as a bricklayer. He had married Rose Gertrude Frost on April 5th, 1909, in Luton and they had three children - Kate, born 1909, Florrie Edith, born 1911, and William Thomas, born 1916.
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