Every Name a Story

W.M. Wilson 1941
Rank : First Engineer Officer

South Shields

William Martin  Wilson

Every Name a Story

In South Shields (Harton) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

W.M. Wilson
First Engineer Officer
S.S. ‘Collingdoc’
13th July 1941 age 51
He died that we might live

William Martin Wilson was the son of John George and Margaret Ann Wilson, of South Shields and the husband of Alice Jane Wilson, of Simonside, South Shields.

William Martin Wilson is remembered at Westoe in W101.08, page 91 and in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: William Martin

Last Name: Wilson

Which War: Second World War 1939-45

Died: 13/07/1941

Age: 51

Rank: First Engineer Officer

Served in: Merchant Navy

Unit/Ship: S.S. Collingdoc (Fort William Ontario)

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