WILSON, John Marshall Prentice

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
11 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Black Watch
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2758951
Birthplace: 
Dunfermline, Fife
Died : 
Wednesday, March 21, 1945
Died on war service
Age: 
26
Corporal John Wilson, No.11 Commando, was wounded 9 June 1941 during operations at Litani River, Syria [1]. He died in Iraq 21 March 1945, rank Private, unit Black Watch [2].
His Commando had been disbanded and the cause of death is not known to this archive.
Son of Hugh and Catherine Prentice Wilson, of Dundee.
 
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/27.
[2] CWGC and Army Roll of Honour 1939-45.
 

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