Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private H. Wilson, Highland Light Infantry, who was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, on which day the 2nd Glasgow Pals’ Battalion suffered over 500 casualties

1914-15 Star (1398 Pte. H. Wilson. High: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (1398 Pte. H. Wilson. High. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Hugh Wilson) extremely fine (3) £240-£280

Hugh Wilson was born in Glasgow on 29 May 1893, and attested there for the Highland Light Infantry. He served with ‘A’ Company, 16th (2nd Glasgow Pals’) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1915, and was killed in action during the attack on Thiepval on 1 July 1916- of the 25 officers and 755 other ranks from the Battalion who went over the top on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, only 5 Officers and 221 other ranks were still standing when the battalion came out of the line on the evening of 3 July. Wilson was amongst those killed in action; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

Sold with named Record Office enclosure for the Victory Medal.