John Wilson (1877-1918)
From Burnhope, Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, died on active service in Palestine
John Wilson, M.D., J.P. was born in 1877, the eldest son of Thomas Leishman Wilson and Jessie Lang Wilson of Garelochead, Glasgow.
He trained as a doctor in Glasgow and after completing his medical training moved to County Durham some time before 1902 to take up a post as surgeon and medical officer of health for Lanchester district and Lanchester poor law union (he is listed in the Lanchester section of Kelly’s directory for 1902).
In 1906 he married Elizabeth Annie Buckham, the youngest daughter of the late John Buckham from Allerdene House in Lanchester.
On the 1911 census John and Annie Wilson were living at Tigh Na Garth, 44 West Terrace, Burnhope.
Following the outbreak of war John Wilson enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps where he rose to the rank of Captain, serving in the 78th General Hospital. He died on active service in Palestine on 30 December 1918, aged 41, leaving a widow and no children.
Captain Wilson is remembered in Deir El Belah war cemetery, grave ref G38, and in Burnhope memorial garden.
For more information
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/646037/wilson,-john/
North East War Memorials Project
http://www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=648
Civil Parish: Lanchester
Birth date: 1877
Death date: 30-Dec-1918
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 44 West Terrace (1918 absent voters’ list)
Employment: Medical practitioner
Military service:
Lieutenant, Royal Army Medical Corps
Memorial(s): Deir El Belah war cemetery, Palestine
Burnhope memorial garden
Electoral Register:
Register No: 507
Forename: John
Surname: Wilson
Parliamentary Division: Barnard Castle
Polling District: B - Burnhope
Parish: Lanchester
Date: October-1918
Reference: October-1918
Gender: Male
Contributed by Burnhope War Memorial Research Group | With additional research by Durham County Record Office
