Northern Echo 10/01/1919
Ian Murray has submitted the following:-
John Wilson, M.D., was born in 1877, the eldest son of Thomas Leishman Wilson and Jessie Lang Wilson (nee Sweet) 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 a medical practitioner.
In 1906 he married Elizabeth Annie Buckham, the youngest daughter of the late John Buckham from Alderdene House in Lanchester.
On the 1911 census John and Elizabeth Annie Wilson are living at Tigh Na Gaoth, 44 West Terrace, Burnhope. This property was for a number of years a restaurant called Open House.
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 buried in Deir El Balah War Cemetery, grave ref C 38. His grave inscription reads:Heaven’s Morning Breaks And Earth’s Vain Shadows Flee In Life And Death O Lord Abide With Me
His CWGC certificate gives his wife’s address as Southcote, Lanchester. This is the end house of Prospect Terrace next to Linden Lodge where her brother, Thomas lived.
The Northern Echo 10/01/1919 carries the following announcement:
News has been received of the death on 30th December of Capt. John Wilson, M.D., while on active service in Palestine. The deceased was the eldest son of Mr. T.L. Wilson, of Garelochead, Glasgow, and married the youngest daughter of the late Mr. John Buckham, of Allerdene House, (sic) Lanchester, and resided at Tigh-na-Gmbry Goath, Burnhope Colliery, for several years prior to joining the Army. He leaves a widow but no family.
John Wilson is remembered at Burnhope on B153.01 and B153.03 and at Lanchester on L62.01 and L62.04
