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(Sir) Thomas Douglas Wilson (1917-1984)

Soldier
Service No:71087
Rank:Lieutenant
Squadron:HQ, later C
Role:Signals Officer, later 2/ic, C Squadron
Service:Previously with the 2nd Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade. Later Captain with the 15th/19th Hussars (retired 1 Apr 1948, on the grounds of disability, with Hon. rank of Major)
Award(s):Military Cross [Citation]
Civilian
Occupation:Baronet
Residence:Airdrie House, Airdrie, Scotland
Birth:10 June 1917 (posthumously)
Death:12 Nov 1984 in North Buckinghamshire
Marriage:to Pamela Aileen Hanmer 16 June 1947
Children:1 son, 3 daughters
Parents
Thomas Douglas WilsonKathleen Elise Gray
Coal Master.
Airdrie House, Airdrie, Scotland.
Birth 25 Sep 1890 in Airdrie.
KIA 23 Apr 1917.

2/Lieut, 7th Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders [Photo].
Burial in Crump Trench British Cemetery, Fampoux, Pas-de-Calais, France. Plot: I. A. 8. [Grave].
Birth 24 Oct 1892 in Merthyr Tydfil.
Death registered Mar 1973 in Croydon, Surrey.
Marriage 4 June 1914 at St. Peter's Church, Cranley Gardens, London.

Notes

Thomas Douglas jnr succeeded as the 4th Baronet Wilson of Airdrie, New Monkland, Lanarkshire on 22 Oct 1968, on the death of his uncle.