Born: 1898, Halifax
Died: 27 October 1918
Buried: City of Paris Cemetery
Address: 4 Bankfield Road, Nab Wood, Shipley
Parents: Frederick George & Ellinor Gertrude
Spouse:
Siblings: Rowland, Kenneth, Frederick
Occupation:
Organisations/clubs:
Military
Rank: Driver
Medals/awards:
Rolls of Honour: St Peter’s, Shipley
Children:
Regiment: Army Service Corps
Cyril Henry Wilson
At the time of the 1911 census, Cyril was living with his parents and
siblings at 89 Shay Lane, Ovenden, near Halifax but by the time he
enlisted, on 25 January 1917, they had moved to 4 Bankfield Road in Nab
Wood
Cyril was one of the more than 20 million people killed by the flu
pandemic that spread across the world in 1918. The brief report in the
Shipley Times & Express on 8 November 1918 reads:
Driver Cyril Henry Wilson, M.T. A.S.C., second son of Mr and Mrs
Frederick G Wilson of 4 Bankfield Road, Nab Wood, died in hospital
from influenza on 27th October.
