Colin Boyd has provided the following:
William was born on 29th February 1892. He was working as a painter and assistant postman living with his mother, Sarah Annie at 5, Sele Terrace, Hexham when he enlisted in the Royal Naval Division on 2nd November 1914.
William joined the Hawke Battalion on 10th March 1915 and was killed in action in Gallipoli on 6th June 1915.
William Wilson is remembered in Hexham on H51.03, H51.06, H51.26, H51.29, H51.46 and H51.51