Lance Corporal John M Wilson

{ Willie }

13 May 1959

Lance Corporal John Maudsley Wilson served with No 4 Detachment, Anti-Tank Platoon, Support Company, 1 PARA.

During a parachute demonstration for Imperial Defence College on 13 May 1959, L/Cpl ‘Willie’ Wilson was killed when his parachute failed. 25 Year old L/Cpl Wilson was buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery.

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Michael Wilson said:
This man was my cousin, he was a wonderful man and my hero and even today I still think of him.
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