“Lieut. Richard Bassett Wilson, 3rd Batt.I.Y. died at Rustenburg on July 26th 1900 of wounds received in action five days previously at Oliphants Nek. He was the eldest son of Col. John Gerald Wilson, C.B., commanding 3rd Batt. York and Lancaster Regt. He was born in 1874 and educated at Eton (Mr. Broadbent's) and New College, Oxford. He entered the Yorkshire Hussars (Princess of Wales Own) Yeomanry Cavalry and joining the I.Y. as Lieut. went to South Africa on the 26th of the month. Lieut. Wilson was a barrister, having been called to the bar on the day of his departure. A tablet has been erected to his memory in York Minster by his brother officers of the Princess of Wales Own Yorkshire Hussars as a token of their sincere affection.”
Taken from ’The Last Post', Mildred G. Dooner, published 1903.
Acknowledgments: Colin Boyd.
Lieut. Wilson is remembered at Darlington on D40.056