Past on Stone Monuments, Memorials and Names from the Past

Wilson

328 people named Wilson are on 177 public memorials here. Most often in Greater London, Norfolk and Merseyside, and in 39 other counties. Engraved for a war: 170 for the First World War, 82 for the Second World War and 10 for the Second Boer War. Where the stones give a year of death, it is from 1896 to 1982.

Spellings vary on stone: Wilson may be engraved another way too. Search names that sound alike.

Notable people named Wilson

Wilson at a glance

Counties
Greater London (32), Norfolk (26), Merseyside (24), North Yorkshire (20), Surrey (20), Hampshire (16), Lancashire (16), Lincolnshire (16), Leicestershire (12), Suffolk (12), West Yorkshire (10), Northumberland (9), Dorset (9), Cambridgeshire (8), Derbyshire (8), Tyne and Wear (8), East Riding of Yorkshire (7), Kent (7), City of London (6), East Sussex (6), Devon (6), Hertfordshire (5), Bedfordshire (5), Worcestershire (5), Cumbria (4), West Sussex (4), Berkshire (3), Greater Manchester (3), Warwickshire (3), Buckinghamshire (2), Isle of Wight (2), Shropshire (2), Staffordshire (2), Gloucestershire (2), County Sligo (1), Cheshire (1), County Durham (1), Essex (1), Herefordshire (1), Nottinghamshire (1), South Yorkshire (1), Somerset (1)
Conflicts
First World War (170), Second World War (82), Second Boer War (10), Falklands War (2), Other conflict (1)
Commonest forenames
William (9), George (8), John (6), Thomas (6), Charles (4)
Surnames that sound alike
Willson, Willison, Walsingham, Wilson-Carus

People 1 to 50 of 328

  1. Wilson

    Named on Canwick War Memorial, Canwick, Lincolnshire

  2. Wilson

    Named on Seahouses War Memorial, North Sunderland, Northumberland

  3. Corporal Wilson

    Named on Hartshill War Memorial, Staffordshire, Staffordshire

  4. A. Wilson

    Named on Waltham Abbey War Memorial, Essex

  5. A. Wilson

    Named on Port Sunlight War Memorial, Wirral, Merseyside

  6. A. Wilson

    Named on Clitheroe War Memorial, Clitheroe, Lancashire

  7. A. Wilson

    Named on Market Rasen War Memorial, Market Rasen, Lincolnshire

  8. A. Wilson

    Named on Hinckley War Memorial Wall, Hinckley and Bosworth, Leicestershire

  9. C.Q.M.S. A. Wilson

    Named on War Memorial and Railings, Alfreton, Derbyshire

  10. PTE A. Wilson

    Named on Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum, Charnwood, Leicestershire

  11. Driver A. Wilson

    Royal Army Service Corps

    Named on Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey

  12. A. Wilson D.C.M.

    Named on Luton War Memorial, Luton, Bedfordshire

  13. A. Wilson

    Named on Glossop War Memorial, High Peak, Derbyshire

  14. A. Wilson

    Named on Sheerness War Memorial, Sheerness, Kent

  15. Pte A. H. Wilson

    Suffolk Regiment; cambridge

    Named on South African War Memorial, Great St Mary’s, Cambridge, Great St Mary's, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  16. A. W. Wilson

    Named on Bridgnorth War Memorial, Bridgnorth, Shropshire

  17. A.A. Wilson

    Named on World War I Memorial Including Gate and Gate Piers, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

  18. A.A. Wilson

    Named on Harrogate War Memorial, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  19. A.C. Wilson

    Named on Great Crosby and Blundellsands War Memorial, Sefton, Merseyside

  20. A.C. Wilson

    Named on World War I Memorial Including Gate and Gate Piers, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

  21. Private A.C.E. Wilson

    Named on Nottingham Rowing Clubs WWI Memorial, Nottinghamshire

  22. A.E Wilson

    Named on Great Eastern Railway War Memorial, City of London

  23. Pte. A.E. Wilson

    Named on Tibenham War Memorial, Tibenham, Norfolk

  24. A.J. Wilson

    Named on Northwood War Memorial, London Borough of Hillingdon, Greater London

  25. Gnr. A.J. Wilson

    Named on Romanby War Memorial Clock Tower, Romanby, North Yorkshire

  26. 2nd Lieut. A.M. Wilson

    King's Own Royal Lancaster Reg.

    Named on Prenton War Memorial, Wirral, Merseyside

  27. A.M. Wilson

    Named on Harrogate War Memorial, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  28. A.M. Wilson

    2nd S. African Regt

    Named on Moreton War Memorial, Merseyside, Merseyside

  29. A.N. Wilson

    Named on Weymouth Cenotaph, Weymouth, Dorset

  30. A.N. Wilson

    Named on Weymouth War Memorial, At St Paul's Church, Weymouth, Dorset

  31. Ada Lavina Wilson

    Lost their life through enemy action, Coronation Avenue 13 October 1940

    Named on Stoke Newington Civilian War Memorial, London Borough of Hackney, Greater London

  32. Albert Wilson

    Named on Trumpington War Memorial, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

  33. Albert E. Wilson

    Named on War Memorial, Portland, Portland, Dorset

  34. Albert J. C. Wilson

    Named on Oswestry Civil Parish War Memorial, Oswestry Civil Parish, Shropshire

  35. Alexander Leemon Wilson

    Named on Cobham War Memorial, Cobham, Kent

  36. L/Cpl. Arthur Wilson

    8th (The King's Royal Irish) Hussars

    Named on Aldington, Bonnington & Hurst WWI and WWII Memorial, Kent

  37. Arthur Haig Wilson

    Named on City of Southampton Cenotaph, City of Southampton, Hampshire

  38. Arthur Seymour Wilson

    Named on City of Southampton Cenotaph, City of Southampton, Hampshire

  39. B. Wilson

    Named on Harrogate War Memorial, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  40. Bertie Wilson

    Named on Sporle War Memorial, Sporle with Palgrave, Norfolk

  41. Bryan J. Wilson

    Named on Exning War Memorial, Exning, Suffolk

  42. Private C. Wilson

    Suffolk Regiment

    Named on Bury St. Edmunds Boer War Memorial, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

  43. C. Wilson

    Named on Dewsbury Road War Memorial, Leeds, West Yorkshire

  44. C. Wilson

    Named on Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen War Memorial, Wiggenhall St Mary Magdalen, Norfolk

  45. Fireman C. Wilson

    S.S. Unity of Goole; died 2 May 1918

    Named on Newhaven Transport Memorial, Newhaven, East Sussex

  46. C. Wilson

    Named on Goole Cenotaph, Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire

  47. C. Wilson

    Named on World War I Memorial Including Gate and Gate Piers, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

  48. C. Wilson

    Named on Harrogate War Memorial, Harrogate, North Yorkshire

  49. Private C. Wilson

    The East Yorkshire Regiment

    Named on Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey

  50. Lance-Corporal C. Wilson

    The Royal Scots Fusiliers

    Named on Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey